excision

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Synonyms: excusion, excursion, envision, exclusion, decision, elision, incision, occision, excising, recision, excession

Antonyms: excusion, excursion, envision, exclusion, decision, elision, incision, occision, excising, recision, excession

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Noun

1. The [[removal]] of some [[text]] during editing.
2. {{lb|en|surgery}} The [[removal]] of something (a [[tumor]] or [[body part]]) by [[cutting]].
3. {{lb|en|genetics}} The removal of a [[gene]] from a section of genetic material.
4. {{lb|en|topology}} The fact that, under certain hypotheses, the [[homology]] of a space relative to a subspace is unchanged by the [[identification]] of a subspace of the latter to a point.

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