excision

noun

Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite

Word type: noun; verb; adjective; adverb

Line style: core relation; instance, member or derived; substance, domain or see-also

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Senses

Sense 1 noun

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

an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors

Types & categories

redaction hypernym

Related & opposite

blue-pencil derivation
delete derivation
excise derivation

Sense 2 noun

surgical removal of a body part or tissue

Related & opposite

extirpate derivation
ablate derivation
excise derivation

Sense 3 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

Types & categories

banishment hypernym

Related & opposite

excommunicate derivation

Sense 4 noun

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

Types & categories

pull hypernym

Related & opposite

root out derivation
extirpate derivation

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Sense	Relation	Group	Word
1	derivation	Related & opposite	blue-pencil
1	derivation	Related & opposite	delete
1	derivation	Related & opposite	excise
1	hypernym	Types & categories	redaction
2	derivation	Related & opposite	extirpate
2	derivation	Related & opposite	ablate
2	derivation	Related & opposite	excise
2	hypernym	Types & categories	surgical operation
2	hyponym	Types & categories	adenoidectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	adrenalectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	appendectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	cholecystectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	clitoridectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	embolectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	endarterectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	enervation
2	hyponym	Types & categories	hypophysectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	hysterectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	laminectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	laryngectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	lithotomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	lobectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	lumpectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	mastectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	mastoidectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	meniscectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	nephrectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	neurectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	oophorectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	oophorosalpingectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	ophthalmectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	orchidectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	pancreatectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	pneumonectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	prostatectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	salpingectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	septectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	sigmoidectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	splenectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	stapedectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	sympathectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	thrombectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	thyroidectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	tonsillectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	vasectomy
2	hyponym	Types & categories	vulvectomy
3	derivation	Related & opposite	excommunicate
3	hypernym	Types & categories	banishment
4	derivation	Related & opposite	root out
4	derivation	Related & opposite	extirpate
4	hypernym	Types & categories	pull