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
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
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
