excision

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Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
19
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ɪkˈsɪʒən/

Definition of excision

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The removal of some text during editing.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The removal of some text during editing.
  2. (countable, uncountable)The removal of something (a tumor or body part) by cutting.
  3. (countable, uncountable)The removal of a gene from a section of genetic material.
  4. (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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