excision
English
Etymology
From Middle French excision, from Latin excīsiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪkˈsɪʒən/
- Rhymes: -ɪʒən
Noun
excision (countable and uncountable, plural excisions)
- The deletion of some text during editing.
- (surgery) The removal of a tumor, etc., by cutting.
- (genetics) The removal of a gene from a section of genetic material.
- (topology) 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.
French
Etymology
From Middle French excision, from Latin excīsiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛk.si.zjɔ̃/
Further reading
- “excision” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
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