excision

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪʒən

Noun

excision (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.

Translations

(surgeryexcision) The removal of a tumor, etc., by cutting

• Bulgarian: изрязване (bg) (izrjazvane) n
• Finnish: leikkaus (fi)

• Russian: вырезание (ru) (vyrezánije) n

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French

Wikipedia ^fr

Noun

excision f (plural excisions)

1. excision