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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An operation involving the removal of a part or parts of the body; excision, ectomy. archaic

Etymology

From New Latin exaeresis, from Ancient Greek ἐξαίρεσῐς (exaíresĭs, “a taking out, an extraction”).

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