excision

[ ek-sizh-uh n, ik- ]

/ ɛkˈsɪʒ ən, ɪk- /

the act of removal; an excising.

Surgery. the surgical removal of a foreign body or of tissue.

Origin of excision

1480–90; < Latin excīsiōn- (stem of excīsiō) a cutting out. See excise², -ion

ex·ci·sion·al, adjective

No apology is necessary for the excision of the reviewer's unreasonably long extracts from the poem.

Early Reviews of English Poets |John Louis Haney
Among these is the excision of a sentence hitherto preserved in the text, and now relegated to the margin (p. 205).

The Works of Sir Thomas Browne |Thomas Browne
When excision is impracticable, benefit may be derived from the use of radium or of the X-rays.

Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. |Alexander Miles
After the excision of the growth, a small piece of skin is removed from the leg and sewn to the denuded area.

Surgery, with Special Reference to Podiatry |Maximilian Stern

Excision of a completely ankylosed shoulder or elbow may restore free mobility and usefulness to the limb.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 |Various

excision

[ ĭk-sĭzh′ən ]

Surgical removal by cutting, as of a tumor or a portion of a structure or organ. exsection

A recombination event in which a genetic element is removed.