Excision: Avoid the misspelling exision. (1) The act of cutting out; the surgical removal of part or all of a structure or organ. SYN: resection (3). (2) molecular biology a recombination event in which a genetic element is removed. (3) The enzymatic removal of a segment of a biopolymer. SYN: exeresis. [L. excido, to cut out]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Excision: Removal by surgery.
Source: National Institute of Health
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