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Excision(health)
excision(dictionary)
excision(medicine)
loop excision(medicine)
excision repair(medicine)
excision biopsy(medicine)
tRNA excision ligase(medicine)
Base excision repair(health)
Base-excision repair(health)

excision (iou)



excision noun. L15.
[Old & mod. French from Latin excisio(n-), formed as EXCISE verb1: see -ION.]
The action of cutting off from existence; the condition of being so cut off; destruction. L15.
The action of excising a growth or organ from the body, a passage from a book, etc.; something so removed. M16.
A. Powell Considerable excisions had been made..but it had returned..with orders for further expurgation.
The action of expelling a person from a religious society; excommunication. M17.
excisional adjective M20.