excision

Etymology

From Middle French excision, from Latin excīsiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈsɪʒən/
• Rhymes: -ɪʒən

Noun

excision (countable and uncountable, plural excisions)

1. The deletion of some text during editing.
2. (surgery) The removal of a tumor, etc., by cutting.
3. (genetics) The removal of a gene from a section of genetic material.
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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.si.zjɔ̃/

Noun

excision f (plural excisions)

1. excision

Further reading

• “excision” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin excīsiō.

Noun

excision f (plural excisions)

1. excision; removal by cutting
   • 1549, Jean Tagault, Les institutions chirurgiques

     Quand le patient refuse ayde et remedes necessaires a la curation de la maladie, laquelle de soy est incurable, comme excision d'ung chancre qui occupe quelque membre.