excision - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence

Synonyms

• deracination
• excision
• extirpation

More generic

• pull
• pulling

Noun

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

More generic

• banishment
• proscription

Noun

surgical removal of a body part or tissue

Synonyms

• ablation
• cutting out
• excision
• extirpation

More generic

• operation
• surgery
• surgical operation
• surgical procedure
• surgical process

More specific

• adenoidectomy
• adrenalectomy
• appendectomy
• appendicectomy
• cholecystectomy
• clitoridectomy
• embolectomy
• endarterectomy
• enervation
• female circumcision
• hypophysectomy
• hysterectomy
• laminectomy
• laryngectomy
• lithotomy
• lobectomy
• lumpectomy
• mastectomy
• mastoidectomy
• meniscectomy
• nephrectomy
• neurectomy
• oophorectomy
• oophorosalpingectomy
• ophthalmectomy
• orchidectomy
• orchiectomy
• ovariectomy
• pancreatectomy
• pneumonectomy
• prostatectomy
• salpingectomy
• septectomy
• sigmoidectomy
• splenectomy
• stapedectomy
• suprarenalectomy
• sympathectomy
• thrombectomy
• thyroidectomy
• tonsillectomy
• vasectomy
• vulvectomy

Noun

the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage

Synonyms

• cut
• deletion
• excision

More generic

• editing
• redaction

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