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Vinony

excision

noun

  1. illegal practice
  2. to remove by or as if by cutting, removing by cutting
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsɪʒən/

noun

Etymology: From Middle French excision, from Latin excīsiō(n).

  1. The removal of some text during editing.
  2. The removal of something (a tumor or body part) by cutting.
  3. The removal of a gene from a section of genetic material.
  4. 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.