excision
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 19
- Letters
- 8
/ɪkˈsɪʒən/
Definition of excision
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)The removal of some text during editing.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)The removal of some text during editing.
- (countable, uncountable)The removal of something (a tumor or body part) by cutting.
- (countable, uncountable)The removal of a gene from a section of genetic material.
- (countable, uncountable)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.
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Etymology
From Middle French excision, from Latin excīsiō(n).
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