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EXCISION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence
Synonyms:
deracination; excision; extirpation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("excision" is a kind of...):
pull; pulling (the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you)
Sense 2
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
excision; excommunication
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("excision" is a kind of...):
banishment; proscription (rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Surgical removal of a body part or tissue
Synonyms:
ablation; cutting out; excision; extirpation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("excision" is a kind of...):
operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "excision"):
neurectomy (surgical removal of all or part of a nerve)
oophorectomy; ovariectomy (surgical removal of one of both ovaries)
oophorosalpingectomy (surgical removal of one or both ovaries and the corresponding Fallopian tubes)
ophthalmectomy (surgical removal of an eye)
orchidectomy; orchiectomy (surgical removal of one or both testicles)
pancreatectomy (surgical removal of part or all of the pancreas)
pneumonectomy (surgical removal of a lung (usually to treat lung cancer))
prostatectomy (surgical removal of part or all of the prostate gland)
salpingectomy (surgical removal of one or both Fallopian tubes)
septectomy (surgical removal of all or part of a septum (especially the nasal septum or atrial septum))
sigmoidectomy (surgical removal of part or all of the sigmoid colon (usually to remove a malignant tumor))
splenectomy (surgical removal of the spleen)
stapedectomy (surgical removal of the stapes of the middle ear)
sympathectomy (surgical interruption of a nerve pathway in the sympathetic nervous system)
thrombectomy (surgical removal of a blood clot (thrombus) from a blood vessel)
thyroidectomy (surgical removal of the thyroid gland)
tonsillectomy (surgical removal of the palatine tonsils; commonly performed along with adenoidectomy)
vasectomy (surgical procedure that removes all or part of the vas deferens (usually as a means of sterilization); is sometimes reversible)
vulvectomy (surgical removal of part or all of the vulva)
adenoidectomy (surgical removal of the adenoids; commonly performed along with tonsillectomy)
adrenalectomy; suprarenalectomy (surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands)
appendectomy; appendicectomy (surgical removal of the vermiform appendix)
cholecystectomy (surgical removal of the gall bladder (usually for relief of gallstone pain))
clitoridectomy; female circumcision (excision of the clitoris)
embolectomy (surgical removal of an embolus (usually from an artery))
endarterectomy (surgical removal of the inner lining of an artery that is clogged with atherosclerosis)
enervation (surgical removal of a nerve)
hypophysectomy (surgical removal of the pituitary gland)
hysterectomy (surgical removal of the uterus)
laminectomy (surgical removal of the bony arches on one or more vertebrae)
laryngectomy (surgical removal of part or all of the larynx (usually to treat cancer of the larynx))
lithotomy (surgical removal of a stone (calculus))
lobectomy (surgical removal of a lobe from any organ of the body (as the lung or brain))
lumpectomy (surgical removal of a tumor without removing much of the surrounding tissue or lymph nodes; performed in some cases of breast cancer)
mastectomy (surgical removal of a breast to remove a malignant tumor)
mastoidectomy (surgical removal of some or all of the mastoid process)
meniscectomy (surgical removal of the meniscus of the knee)
nephrectomy (surgical removal of a kidney)
Derivation:
excise (remove by cutting)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
Example:
both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("excision" is a kind of...):
editing; redaction (putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form)
Derivation:
excise (remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line)
Context examples:
Unlike most anthracyclines, nemorubicin is a topoisomerase I inhibitor and appears to exert its effect through the nucleotide excision repair (NER) system.
(Nemorubicin, NCI Thesaurus)
Upon administration, E7449 selectively binds to PARP 1 and 2, thereby preventing the repair of damaged DNA via the base excision repair (BER) pathway.
(PARP 1/2 Inhibitor E7449, NCI Thesaurus)
PARP inhibitor AZD2461 selectively binds to PARP and prevents PARP-mediated DNA repair of single strand DNA breaks via the base-excision repair pathway.
(PARP Inhibitor AZD2461, NCI Thesaurus)
Surgery involving partial excision of the parotid gland.
(Partial Parotidectomy, NCI Thesaurus)
Surgery involving partial excision of the tongue.
(Partial Excision of Tongue, NCI Thesaurus)
Surgery involving the partial excision of the pharynx.
(Partial Pharyngectomy, NCI Thesaurus)
Surgery involving partial excision of the thyroid gland.
(Partial Thyroidectomy, NCI Thesaurus)
The prognosis is extremely poor due to its late presentation and difficulty obtaining complete surgical excision.
(Pericardial Malignant Mesothelioma, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes poly [ADP-ribose] polymerase 2 protein, plays a role in DNA repair through base excision.
(PARP2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene is involved in base excision repair of DNA.
(PARP2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
