"excision" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪkˈsɪʒən/ Forms: excisions [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪʒən Etymology: From Middle French excision, from Latin excīsiō. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|excision}} Middle French excision, {{der|en|la|excīsiō}} Latin excīsiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} excision (countable and uncountable, plural excisions)
  1. The removal of some text during editing. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: deletion
    Sense id: en-excision-en-noun-7QBsrQP1
  2. (surgery) The removal of something (a tumor or body part) by cutting. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Surgery Synonyms: resection, -ectomy
    Sense id: en-excision-en-noun-4v6gH79w Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 35 41 17 Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
  3. (genetics) The removal of a gene from a section of genetic material. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Genetics
    Sense id: en-excision-en-noun-tKNkdAIx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 20 50 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 35 41 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 5 18 45 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 20 54 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 6 22 45 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 7 21 46 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 7 25 45 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 4 26 45 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 9 22 45 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 25 45 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 6 23 43 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 22 48 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 6 24 48 22 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
  4. (topology) The fact that, under certain hypotheses, the homology of a space relative to a subspace is unchanged by the identification of a subspace of the latter to a point. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Topology
    Sense id: en-excision-en-noun-niWawyX6 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 35 41 17 Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (removal of a tumor etc. but cutting): اِسْتِئْصَال (istiʔṣāl) [masculine] (Arabic), изрязване (izrjazvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), excisió [feminine] (Catalan), bortskæring [common-gender] (Danish), excisie [feminine] (Dutch), pois leikkaus (Finnish), poisto (Finnish), poisleikkaus (Finnish), excisão [feminine] (Portuguese), выреза́ние (vyrezánije) [neuter] (Russian), escisión [feminine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'removal of a tumor etc. but cutting': 28 39 32 1

Inflected forms

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