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exection

exection is the obsolete form of exsection.

Meaning of exsection

Noun

exsection (plural exsections)

  1. A cutting out or away.
    • Hence exsection before the cancer is open is generally a cure1794–1796, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC
  2. The removal by operation of a portion of a limb, especially the removal of a portion of a bone in the vicinity of a joint.

Questions about exection

What is exection the obsolete form of?
Exection is the obsolete form of exsection.

Words near exection in the dictionary

  1. execratory
  2. execs
  3. exect
  4. exected
  5. execting
  6. exection
  7. exects
  8. execu.
  9. executabilities
  10. executability
  11. executable

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