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Excision [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. s as z. [Latin excisio.] In surgery, a cutting out or cutting off any part of the body; extirpation; amputation.

2. The cutting off of a person from his people; extirpation; destruction.

3. The rabbins reckon three kinds of excision

Excision [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction.

2. The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication.

3. The removal, especially of small parts, with a cutting instrument.