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Definition: Excision |
ExcisionNoun1. Surgical removal of a body part or tissue. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "excision" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
Etymology: Excision \Ex*ci"sion\, noun. [Latin expression excisio: compare to the French expression excision. See Excide.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: ExcisionSynonyms: ablation (n), cutting out (n), extirpation (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Nonaddition Subtraction | Noun: subtraction, subduction; deduction, retrenchment; removal, withdrawal; ablation, sublation; abstraction; (taking); garbling; Verb: mutilation, detruncation; amputation; abscission, excision, recision; curtailment; minuend, subtrahend; decrease; abrasion. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Excision |
| English words defined with "excision": Nymphotomy. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "excision": adnexectomy, Atherectomy ♦ Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic, Circumcision, Female, Conization, Cystectomy ♦ Diskectomy, Diskectomy, Percutaneous, DNA Polymerase beta ♦ Endarterectomy, Endarterectomy, Carotid ♦ Gene Amplification ♦ Mastectomy, Subcutaneous, Mohs Surgery ♦ Pancreaticoduodenectomy, Parathyroidectomy, Pericardiectomy, Proctocolectomy, Restorative, Proenzymes, Protein Splicing ♦ salpingo-oophorectomy, Spliceosomes. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Dabla! Excision (2003) | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Standard therapy for melanoma is surgical excision. (references) | |
Routine excision of overlying skin is unnecessary except for very superficial lesions. (references) | ||
Optimal long-term results require integration of careful surgical excision and precise radiotherapy techniques. (references) | ||
Women | Sierra Leone | The less severe form of excision is practiced. (references) |
Benin | FGM is practiced on females ranging from infancy through 30 years of age and generally takes the form of excision. (references) | |
Togo | The most commonly practiced form of FGM is excision, which usually is performed on girls a few months after birth. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Excision" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.46% of the time. "Excision" is used about 65 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.46% | 64 | 42,009 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.54% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 65 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "excision": Lymph Node Excision. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
excision | 36 | de excision l photo | 3 |
loop electrosurgical excision procedure | 25 | excision umbilicus | 3 |
loop excision | 6 | buccal excision fat pad | 2 |
excision laser resurfacing skin | 5 | clavicle excision | 2 |
excision tattoo | 5 | excision photo | 2 |
clitoris excision | 4 | excision l | 2 |
excision punch | 4 | excision uwb | 2 |
electrosurgical excision loop | 3 | cervix electrosurgical excision procedure | 2 |
clitoridectomy excision | 3 | excision nucleotide repair | 2 |
excision lipoma | 3 | excision gynecomastia | 2 |
acne excision scar | 2 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "excision"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | prerje (cut, cutting, felling, gash, incision, jump, kerf, mintage, scission, shearing, slash, slit, snip, striking, tapping), heqje (abolition, clearing, collection, deduction, Defeasance, deletion, deprivation, derogation, dismissal, dismission, disposal, dispossession, ejection, elimination, evacuation, extirpation, extraction, jump, omission, out, outage, privation, recall, relegation, removal, rending, resection, reserve, skip, stripping, subtraction, tripping), dëbim (banishment, deportation, eviction, exclusion, excommunication, exile, expulsion, proscription, relegation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حزف (omission). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | отрязване (ablation, cutting, interception, severance), изрязване (extirpation, incision, scission). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 切除 (cutoff, Excise, Excised, Excising, resect, Resected, Resecting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vyříznutí. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | excision, udskæring (cutout, slot), udrømning (evacuation, removal), fjernelse (ablation, ablation(artificial), amotio, amputation, balatio, detachment, discard, removal, subduction, taking up, traumatic amputation, withdrawal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | excisio, excisie, uitsnijding (abscission, exeresis), ontruiming (depletion, moving out of tenant to elude payment of ground rent, removal), lediging (emptying, outflow, removal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | قطع (Dissection, Recision, Rupture, Slack), شکافتن (Chink, Cleave, Fracture, Pierce, Rift, Rip, Rive, Slat, Slit, Split), برش (Broach, Clip, Cut, Cutting, Dissection, Hack, Incision, Recision, Section, Sectorial, Slash, Slice, Snip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | leikkautuminen (shearing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | excision, retranchement, abscision, évidement. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Exzision, Exzidieren, entfernung (ablation, dislodgement, DIST, distance, equidistance, excavation, expulsion, offset, range, remoteness, removal, removing), Ausräumung (degradation, degrade, denudation, removal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εκτομή (ablation, ablation(artificial), abscission, amotio, balatio, detachment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | כרית" (ablation, abscission, cutting, extirpation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kivétel (ablation, exception, exemption, pull out, pulling out, recover, removal, taking out), kivágás (channelling, cutting, cutting out, dissecting out, felling, neck-line, resection, sector, shaping). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pengeluaran (exclusion, excretion, expenditure, outgo, outgoings, secretion, spending), pemotongan (dismemberment, dissection, mutilation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | excisione, escissione (abscission, evisceration, exenteration, fetal dissection), rimozione (discharge, dismissal, elimination, removal, take down, towing away), asportazione (ablation, ablation(artificial), amotio, balatio, detachment, removal), ablazione (ablation, ablation(artificial), amotio, balatio, detachment, distance, equidistance, removal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | "出 (extraction, removal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | てきしゅつ (exposing, extraction, picking out, removal, taking out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | giarrey magh (cut out, excise office, exclude, punch out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | excisionay excisão (abscission, removal). (various references) extirpare (abscission, eradication, extirpation, removal), tãiere (carving, clipping, cutting, scission), incizie (incision). (various references) иссечение. (various references) izrezivanje. (various references) excisión. (various references) kesip çıkarma, alma (acceptance, adoption, buying, extraction, grab, receipt, reception, taking), alınan şey. (various references) вирізування (castration, cutting), видалення (abscission, extraction, resection). (various references) sự cắt lọc, sự cắt (clipping, cut, cut-off, cut-out, cutting, disconnection, disconnexion, mutilation, section). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "excision": excisional, excisions. (additional references) | |
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"Excision" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eggison, excession, Excidia, excisional, excusion, exision, fxvision. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "excision" (pronounced iksi"zhun) |
| 5 | -s i" zh u n | circumcision, decision, incision, indecision, precision, recision, rescission. |
| 4 | -i" zh u n | collision, derision, division, envision, misprision, provision, revision, supervision, vision. |
| 3 | -zh u n | abrasion, allusion, aspersion, aversion, cohesion, collusion, conclusion, confusion, contusion, conversion, corrosion, delusion, diffusion, disillusion, dispersion, diversion, equation, erosion, evasion, exclusion, excursion, explosion, extrusion, fusion, illusion, immersion, implosion, inclusion, incursion, infusion, intrusion, invasion, inversion, lesion, occasion, occlusion, persuasion, perversion, preclusion, profusion, reversion, seclusion, suasion, subdivision, submersion, subversion, television, transfusion, version. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-i-n-o-s-x" | |
-1 letter: eosinic. | |
-2 letters: conies, cosine, exonic, icones, incise, ionics, ionise, nixies, oscine. | |
-3 letters: cines, cions, coins, cones, cosie, coxes, eosin, exons, icons, ionic, nisei, nixes, nixie, noise, onces, scion, scone, since, sonic, xenic. | |
-4 letters: cine, cion, coin, cone, coni, cons, eons, exon, ices, icon, ions, nice, nisi, nixe, noes, nose, once, ones, oxen, oxes, sice. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-i-n-o-s-x" | |
+1 letter: excisions. | |
+2 letters: coexisting, excisional, exorcising. | |
+3 letters: convexities, excitations, exsiccation, extinctions, intoxicates, xenobiotics. | |
+4 letters: exclusionist, excoriations, excursionist, explications, exsiccations, extrications, sexdecillion. | |
+5 letters: biconvexities, detoxications, disintoxicate, exclusionists, excogitations, excruciations, excursionists, exercitations, sexdecillions. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 78 63 69 73 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -..- -.-. .. ... .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01111000 01100011 01101001 01110011 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E x c i s i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0078 0063 0069 0073 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3990697585758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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