Excision

(ek′sizh·ən)

(genetics) Recombination involving removal of a genetic element.
(medicine) The cutting out of a part; removal of a foreign body or growth from a part, organ, or tissue.

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(ek-sizh′ən)
n

The act of cutting away or taking out.

Removal.

Removal, as of an organ, by cutting which may be by steel scalpel, cryosurgery or electrosurgery.

• e. DNA repair — comprises four distinct sequential steps—incision, in which the damaged base is recognized, excision, resynthesis and ligation.
• e. en bloc — see en bloc resection.
• radical e. — extensive removal, usually of a tumor mass, which includes surrounding tissues which might be involved and sometimes regional lymph nodes as well.
• shave e. — biopsy of superficial lesions of the gingival mucosa can be performed with a scalpel blade, slicing off a thin layer from the surface, without the need for sutures to close the defect.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fjernelse, bortskæring

Français (French)
n. - excision, retranchement, suppression

Deutsch (German)
n. - Entfernung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - περιτομή, αποκοπή

Italiano (Italian)
recisione, estirpazione, clitoridectomia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - excisão (f) (Med.), excomunhão (f) (Rel.)

Русский (Russian)
удаление, иссечение

Español (Spanish)
n. - extirpación, excisión

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bortskärning, strykning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
切除, 切除之物, 删除

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 切除, 切除之物, 刪除

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 절단

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 切除

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כריתה, ניתוח, השמדה‬

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