EXCISION

extirpation, excision, deracination

(noun) the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence

excommunication, excision

(noun) the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society

ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision

(noun) surgical removal of a body part or tissue

deletion, excision, cut

(noun) the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage; “an editor’s deletions frequently upset young authors”; “both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

excision (countable and uncountable, plural excisions)

The deletion of some text during editing.

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

(genetics) The removal of a gene from a section of genetic material.

(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.

Source: Wiktionary

Ex*ci"sion, n. Etym: [L. excisio: cf. F. excision. See Excide.]

1. The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction. Such conquerors are the instruments of vengeance on those nations that have . . . grown ripe for excision. Atterbury.

2. (Eccl.)

Definition: The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication.

3. (Surg.)

Definition: The removal, especially of small parts, with a cutting instrument. Dunglison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition