excision : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: excision	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for excision
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
excision n 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" Synonym(s): deletion, excision, cut surgical removal of a body part or tissue Synonym(s): ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision 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 Synonym(s): excommunication, excision the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence Synonym(s): extirpation, excision, deracination
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excision \Ex*ci"sion\, n. [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.) The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication. 3. (Surg.) The removal, especially of small parts, with a cutting instrument. --Dunglison.