excision
/ɪkˈsɪʒən/
excision noun: the removal of some text during editing.
Noun
excision (countable and uncountable, plural excisions)
- The removal of some text during editing.
- Synonyms:
- deletion
- The removal of something (a tumor or body part) by cutting.
- The removal of a gene from a section of genetic material.
- 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.
excision meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada
excision in Tamil
- அரிதல், அறுத்துநீக்கல், கிழித்தெடுத்தல், வெட்டி எடு
excision in Urdu
- کاٹنے کا عمل, قطع کاری, انقطاع
excision in Bengali
- excision; amputation
- উচ্ছেদ ucchêd
excision in Kannada
- ಕೊಯ್ತೆಗೆತ, ಕತ್ತರಿಕೆ
More languagesFewer languages
- excision in Arabic
- اِسْتِئْصَال istiʔṣāl
- excision in Indonesian
- eksisi
Synonyms of excision
Forms of excision
| plural | excisions |
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Origin of excision
From Middle French excision, from Latin excīsiō(n).
Words formed from excision
Words that rhyme with excision
- division
- vision
- circumcision
- concision
- decision
- collision
- Frisian
- incision
- misprision
- precision
- revision
- television
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Questions about excision
- What does excision mean?
- Excision means the removal of some text during editing.
- What is excision in Tamil?
- Excision in Tamil is அரிதல், அறுத்துநீக்கல், கிழித்தெடுத்தல். See Excision meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is excision?
- Excision is a noun.
- How do you pronounce excision?
- Excision is pronounced /ɪkˈsɪʒən/.
- What is the plural of excision?
- The plural of excision is excisions.
Words near excision in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: excision (page history and authors); excision (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); excision (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); উচ্ছেদ (Bengali) (page history and authors); excision (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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