Synonyms for "excision" (97 found)

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Closest matches (20)

Noun(3 words)

deletionablationcut

extirpationablationabscissionamputationanastomotic operationannihilationavulsionbloodless operationbutcheringcapital operationchoppingcleavagecompensating operationcorneal transplantcrescent operationcutting

Suffix(1 words)

-ectomy

Strong matches (29)

cutting outdeletionderacinationdestructiondichotomydisentanglementdrawingdrawing outdredgingdrillingelective operationeliminationemergency operationenucleationeradicationevolvementevulsionexcavationexclusionexcommunication

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exploratory operationexpressionexsectionextermination

Noun(5 words)

cutting outderacinationectomyexcommunicationextermination

Related words (48)

extinctionextractionextricationfenestration operationfissionheart transplantinterval operationkidney transplantlacerationmajor operationminingminor operationmutilationomissionoperationorgan transplantorgan transplantationpalliative operationpressing outpulling

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quarryingradical operationremovalrendingrescissionresectionrippingripping outscissionsectionseveranceslashingslicingsplittingsqueezing outsurgerysurgical interventionsurgical operationsurgical techniquetearingthe knifetransplantunrootinguprootingwithdrawalwresting out

Noun(2 words)

extirpationresection

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

9 relation types

More general

11 entries

banishmenteditingoperationproscriptionpullpullingredactionsurgerysurgical operationsurgical proceduresurgical process

Synonyms

4 entries

ablationdeletionexcommunicationextirpation

coordinate

2 entries

abridgmentredaction

dbpedia genre

1 entries

dubstep

dbpedia occupation

2 entries

disc jockeyrecord producer

derived

7 entries

autoexcisionelectroexcisionexcisionalexcisionasenonexcisionpostexcisionreexcision

has context

3 entries

geneticssurgerytopology

is a

1 entries

musical artist

related to

8 entries

cuttingdeletiongenehomologyidentificationremovaltexttumor

Translations

12 translations across 10 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries

• اِسْتِئْصَال noun (removal of a tumor etc. but cutting)

Bulgarian

1 entries

• изрязване noun (removal of a tumor etc. but cutting)

Catalan

1 entries

• excisió noun (removal of a tumor etc. but cutting)

Danish

1 entries

• bortskæring noun (removal of a tumor etc. but cutting)

Dutch

1 entries

• excisie noun (removal of a tumor etc. but cutting)

Finnish

3 entries

• pois leikkaus noun (removal of a tumor etc. but cutting)
• poisleikkaus noun (removal of a tumor etc. but cutting)
• poisto noun (removal of a tumor etc. but cutting)

Indonesian

1 entries

• eksisi noun (removal of a tumor etc. but cutting)

Portuguese

1 entries

• excisão noun (removal of a tumor etc. but cutting)

Russian

1 entries

• выреза́ние noun (removal of a tumor etc. but cutting)

Spanish

1 entries

• escisión noun (removal of a tumor etc. but cutting)

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