Excision - Definition
excision
n 1: the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens
a written passage; "an editor's deletions frequently upset
young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the
proposed clause" [syn: deletion, excision, cut]
2: surgical removal of a body part or tissue [syn: ablation,
extirpation, cutting out, excision]
3: the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion
of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a
person off from a religious society [syn: excommunication,
excision]
4: the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from
existence [syn: extirpation, excision, deracination]