EXSCIND

Etymology

Verb

exscind (third-person singular simple present exscinds, present participle exscinding, simple past and past participle exscinded)

(medicine, surgery) To cut out.

Source: Wiktionary

Ex*scind", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exscinded; p. pr. & vb. n. Exscinding.] Etym: [L. exscindere; ex out, from + scindere to cut.]

Definition: To cut off; to separate or expel from union; to extirpate. Barrow. The second presbytery of Philadelphia was also exscinded by that Assembly. Am. Cyc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition