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excision
Overview of noun excision
The noun excision has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. deletion, excision, cut -- (the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage; "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause")
2. ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision -- (surgical removal of a body part or tissue)
3. excommunication, excision -- (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)
4. extirpation, excision, deracination -- (the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun excision
4 senses of excision
Sense 1
deletion, excision, cut
=> editing, redaction
=> writing, written material, piece of writing
=> written communication, written language
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision
=> operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
=> medical procedure
=> procedure, process
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
excommunication, excision
=> banishment, proscription
=> rejection
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
extirpation, excision, deracination
=> pull, pulling
=> propulsion, actuation
=> deed, feat, effort, exploit
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun excision
1 of 4 senses of excision
Sense 2
ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision
=> adenoidectomy
=> adrenalectomy, suprarenalectomy
=> appendectomy, appendicectomy
=> cholecystectomy
=> clitoridectomy, female circumcision
=> embolectomy
=> endarterectomy
=> ennervation
=> hypophysectomy
=> hysterectomy
=> laminectomy
=> laryngectomy
=> lithotomy
=> lobectomy
=> lumpectomy
=> mastectomy
=> mastoidectomy
=> meniscectomy
=> nephrectomy
=> neurectomy
=> oophorectomy, ovariectomy
=> oophorosalpingectomy
=> ophthalmectomy
=> orchidectomy, orchiectomy
=> pancreatectomy
=> pneumonectomy
=> prostatectomy
=> salpingectomy
=> septectomy
=> sigmoidectomy
=> splenectomy
=> stapedectomy
=> sympathectomy
=> thrombectomy
=> thyroidectomy
=> tonsillectomy
=> vasectomy
=> vulvectomy
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun excision
4 senses of excision
Sense 1
deletion, excision, cut
=> editing, redaction
Sense 2
ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision
=> operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
Sense 3
excommunication, excision
=> banishment, proscription
Sense 4
extirpation, excision, deracination
=> pull, pulling
Antonyms of noun excision
Member Holonyms of noun excision
Substance Holonyms of noun excision
Part Holonyms of noun excision
Member Meronyms of noun excision
Substance Meronyms of noun excision
Part Meronyms of noun excision
Meronyms of noun excision
Holonyms of noun excision
Attributes of noun excision
Derived Forms of noun excision
2 of 4 senses of excision
Sense 1
deletion, excision, cut
RELATED TO>(verb) excise#1
=> strike, scratch, expunge, excise
Sense 2
ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision
RELATED TO>(verb) excise#3
=> excise
Domain of noun excision
Domain Terms of noun excision
Familiarity of noun excision
excision used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun excision
4 senses of excision
Sense 1
deletion, excision, cut
> editing, redaction
=> copy editing
=> deletion, excision, cut
=> correction
=> rewriting, revising
Sense 2
ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision
> operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
=> catheterization, catheterisation
=> ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision
=> amputation
=> angioplasty
=> arthroplasty
=> arthroscopy
=> brain surgery
=> castration
=> cautery, cauterization, cauterisation
=> chemosurgery
=> craniotomy
=> cryosurgery
=> curettage, curettement
=> debridement
=> decortication
=> dilation and curettage, dilatation and curettage, D and C
=> electrosurgery
=> enterostomy, enterotomy
=> enucleation
=> wrong-site surgery
=> evisceration
=> exenteration
=> fenestration
=> gastrectomy
=> gastroenterostomy
=> gastrostomy
=> heart surgery
=> hemorrhoidectomy, haemorrhoidectomy
=> hysterotomy
=> implantation
=> iridectomy
=> iridotomy
=> intestinal bypass
=> jejunostomy
=> major surgery
=> microsurgery
=> minor surgery
=> myotomy
=> myringectomy
=> myringoplasty
=> myringotomy
=> neurosurgery
=> orchiopexy
=> osteotomy
=> ostomy
=> palatopharyngoplasty, PPP, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, UPPP
=> phlebectomy
=> photocoagulation
=> plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, anaplasty
=> polypectomy
=> resection
=> rhinotomy
=> rhizotomy
=> sex-change operation, transsexual surgery
=> Shirodkar's operation, purse-string operation
=> sterilization, sterilisation
=> strabotomy
=> taxis
=> tracheostomy, tracheotomy
=> transplant, transplantation, organ transplant
=> trephination
=> tympanoplasty
=> uranoplasty
=> vasovasostomy
=> vivisection
Sense 3
excommunication, excision
> banishment, proscription
=> anathematization, anathematisation
=> disbarment
=> ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance
=> exile, deportation, expatriation, transportation
=> excommunication, excision
=> relegation
=> rustication
Sense 4
extirpation, excision, deracination
> pull, pulling
=> drag
=> draw, haul, haulage
=> tug, jerk
=> draft, draught, drawing
=> extirpation, excision, deracination
=> pluck
=> traction
Meronyms of noun excision
4 senses of excision
Sense 1
deletion, excision, cut
=> editing, redaction
=> writing, written material, piece of writing
HAS PART: epilogue, epilog
=> written communication, written language
HAS PART: leaf, folio
Sense 2
ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision
=> operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
HAS PART: hemostasis, haemostasis, hemostasia, haemostasia
HAS PART: incision, section, surgical incision
HAS PART: suturing
Holonyms of noun excision
Grep of noun excision
excision
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