Excision

/ɪkˈsɪʒən/

Synonyms for "excision" (109 found)

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Closest matches (22)

abscissionamputationanastomotic operationannihilationavulsionbloodless operationbutcheringcapital operationchoppingcleavagecompensating operationcorneal transplantcrescent operationcuttingcutting outderacination

Strong matches (33)

Related words (54)

Noun(10 words)
extractionsmorpheme deletionmutilationsremovalremovalsresectionseveringsurgical removalunword the phraseword deletion
extricationfenestration operationfissionheart transplantinterval operationkidney transplantlacerationmajor operationminingminor operationmutilationomissionoperationorgan transplantorgan transplantationpalliative operationpressing outpullingquarryingradical operation
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removalrendingrescissionresectionrippingripping outscissionsectionseveranceslashingslicingsplittingsqueezing outsurgerysurgical interventionsurgical operationsurgical techniquetearingthe knifetransplantunrootinguprootingwithdrawalwresting out

Related word relations

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More general

16 entries
DNA repair mechanismbanishmenteditinggrammatical operationlinguistic processmedical proceduremolecular processoperationproscriptionpullpullingredactionsurgerysurgical operationsurgical proceduresurgical process

More specific

7 entries
base excision repairclause deletionlesion excisionnucleotide excision repairtissue excisiontumor excisionword deletion

Collocations

6 entries
circumferential excisioncomplete excisionexcision marginsexcisional biopsysurgical excisiontissue excision

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

3 entries

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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