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Meaning of "excision" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EXCISION

excision  [ɛkˈsɪʒən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXCISION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Excision is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EXCISION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of excision in the English dictionary

The definition of excision in the dictionary is the act of excising. Other definition of excision is a deleted passage.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXCISION


abscission
æbˈsɪʒən
circumcision
ˌsɜːkəmˈsɪʒən
concision
kənˈsɪʒən
decision
dɪˈsɪʒən
discission
dɪsˈsɪʒən
division
dɪˈvɪʒən
imprecision
ˌɪmprɪˈsɪʒən
incision
ɪnˈsɪʒən
indecision
ˌɪndɪˈsɪʒən
nondecision
ˌnɒndɪˈsɪʒən
occasion
əˈkeɪʒən
precisian
prɪˈsɪʒən
precision
prɪˈsɪʒən
recision
rɪˈsɪʒən
rescission
rɪˈsɪʒən
subdecision
ˌsʌbdɪˈsɪʒən
subincision
ˌsʌbɪnˈsɪʒən
television
ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən
ultraprecision
ˌʌltrəprɪˈsɪʒən
uncircumcision
ˌʌnsɜːkəmˈsɪʒən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXCISION

excimer
excipient
exciple
excisable
excise
excise duties
excise laws
excise tax
exciseman
excisemen
excisional
excitability
excitable
excitableness
excitably
excitancy
excitant
excitation
excitative
excitatory

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXCISION

cable television
cell division
collision
colour television
commission
double vision
educational television
envision
Eurovision
field of vision
infantry division
interactive television
long division
night vision
night-vision
panzer division
provision
revision
satellite television
subdivision
supervision

Synonyms and antonyms of excision in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «EXCISION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «excision» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of excision

Translation of «excision» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXCISION

Find out the translation of excision to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of excision from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «excision» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

切除
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

escisión
570 millions of speakers

English

excision
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छांटना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الختان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

иссечение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

excisão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছেদন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

excision
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengasingan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Entfernung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

切除
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

절제
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Eksisi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xẻo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெட்டியெடுத்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उतारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kesip çıkarma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

escissione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wycięcie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

висічення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

excizie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εκτομή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

eksisie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

excision
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

excision
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of excision

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXCISION»

The term «excision» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.425 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXCISION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «excision» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «excision» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about excision

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXCISION»

Discover the use of excision in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to excision and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Base Excision Repair of DNA Damage
Base excision repair is a major mechanism by which cells correct various types of damaged bases in DNA. Damaged bases may be generated endogenously by hydrolysis, oxidation, and alkylation, and also induced exogenously by ionizing ...
Ian D. Hickson, 1997
2
Oral Cancer: Diagnosis, Management, and Rehabilitation
A Figure 15-2 Wedge-shaped excision followed by primary layered closure. (A) V -shaped excision. Whenever possible, the apex of the V should be placed at the level of the mental crease. Extension of the V onto the aesthetic subunit of the ...
John W. Werning, 2007
3
Atlas of Head & Neck Surgery--otolaryngology
SIMPLE AND PLUNGING RAMULA EXCISION This procedure involves surgical removal of a simple or plunging ranula. INDICATIONS 1. Simple ranula: an extravasation of mucus confined to the floor of mouth 2. Plunging ranula: a swelling in ...
Byron J. Bailey, 2001
4
Mastery of Surgery
Conversely, in a patient with small breasts, excision of even a 1-cm tumor may produce an unacceptable cosmetic result. Options for patients with tumors considered too large relative to the size of the breast for BCT include neoadjuvant ...
Josef E. Fischer, Kirby I. Bland, Mark P. Callery, 2006
5
Mastering Rhinoplasty: A Comprehensive Atlas of Surgical ...
It is essentially a vertical trapezoidal wedge excision measuring 2–4 mm in width at the nostril sill with vertical side walls of 2–4 mm height that taper downward. Closure is begun with a horizontal mattress suture of 4–0 plain catgut in the ...
Rollin K. Daniel, 2010
6
Female "circumcision" in Africa: Culture, Controversy, and ...
14. Rites. and. Wrongs: An. Insider/Outsider. Reflects. on. Power. and. Excision. Fuambai. Ahmadu. The issue of female initiation and "circumcision" is of significant intellectual and personal interest to me. Like previous anthropologists, I am ...
Bettina Shell-Duncan, Ylva Hernlund, 2000
7
The Wrist
The main complication associated with hamate hook excision is injury to the motor branch of the ulnar nerve. Post operative residual prominence of the remaining hamate hook or irregularity of the bed from which it was excised can lead to ...
Richard H. Gelberman, 2009
8
Between Rites and Rights: Excision in Women’s Experiential ...
The evolution in attitudes toward excision in Kenyan texts certainly confirms that culture is malleable and transformable. However, if threatened in its core structure by alien forces such as those of colonialism, reactance sets in, and culture ...
Chantal J. Zabus, 2007
9
Atlas of General Surgery
1. 7. Excision. of. Skin. Lesions. 18 Removal of Soft Tissue Tumors 19 Removal of Inguinal. Skin and Soft Tissues 1 Indications Elective: Any circumscribed skin alteration whose benign or malignant nature and origin are uncertain, including ...
Volker Schumpelick, Reinhard Kasperk, Michael Stumpf, 2009
10
Oncology: An Evidence-Based Approach
Transanal excision is the most common method of local excision. Selection factors based on tumor size and degree of circumferential involvement predict the potential for a successful transanal excision. The local excision is performed in a  ...
Alfred E. Chang, Patricia A. Ganz, Daniel F. Hayes, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXCISION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term excision is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Mutation Mystery: A Clinician Seeks Answers to Improve Skin …
... study aims to identify which forms of the cancer are slow-growing so that doctors could treat it much more conservatively than a full excision. «Yale News, Jul 15»
2
CMS Proposes $43 Million CY 2016 Medicare OPPS Rate Cut …
... the following nine clinical APC families: Airway Endoscopy Procedures; Diagnostic Tests and Related Services; Excision/Biopsy and Incision ... «JD Supra, Jul 15»
3
Surveying the repair of ancient DNA from bones via high-throughput …
There are in-vivo repair mechanisms (e.g., nucleotide or base excision repair pathways) to counteract this perpetual deterioration (11). These repair pathways ... «BioTechniques.com, Jul 15»
4
CMS proposes $43 million CY 2016 Medicare OPPS rate cut; small …
... the following nine clinical APC families: Airway Endoscopy Procedures; Diagnostic Tests and Related Services; Excision/Biopsy and Incision ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
5
Zacks Downgrades Mazor Robotics Ltd - to Hold (MZOR)
... a number of spine surgeries, including fusion, correction of spinal deformities, biopsy collection, tumor excision and cement augmentations. «The Legacy, Jul 15»
6
The app to fight female genital mutilation
It's an app that helps young foreign women and girls find out more about the risks of excision and infibulation – and also report it anonymously ... «West - Welfare Society Territory, Jul 15»
7
Safe In Sound Returns For 2015 With Bro Safari, Datsik, Zomboy …
Note: Excision will only be playing the Seattle date. bass tourbro safaridatsiksafe in soundzomboy. Share On ... «Your EDM, Jul 15»
8
Safe In Sound 2015 Tour Lineup Features Nero, Datsik & Zomboy
The guys that will be there most of the way are BroSafari, Datsik and Zomboy. A supporting cast that includes 12th Planet, Nero, Excision, Delta ... «Music Times, Jul 15»
9
Arpyem feat. Jessica Main - A Place For Me [Just Chill Out]
When I listen to music from Datsik or Excision, “A Place For Me” would be the track I come to afterward. Between the minimalist sounds, slow ... «Your EDM, Jul 15»
10
PHOTOS: FVDED in the Park in Surrey
Kelowna dubstep DJ Excision was one of the highlights of the Saturday afternoon lineup, stirring up a frenzy in the crowd at the Pacific stage. «Surrey Now, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Excision [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/excision>. Jun 2026 ».
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