EXCISION


Meaning of EXCISION in English

— excisional , adj.

/ek sizh"euhn, ik-/ , n.

1. the act of removal; an excising.

2. Surg. the surgical removal of a foreign body or of tissue.

3. excommunication.

[ 1480-90; excision- (s. of excisio ) a cutting out. See EXCISE 2 , -ION ]

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