Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
excision Audio
ex·ci·sion [ ek-sizh-uhn, ik- ]
Etymology:
Latin excisio = a cutting out; from ex = out of + caedere = to cut
The analogous word in Greek is ektome.
Definitions related to excision:
  • The act of cutting out; the surgical removal of part or all of a structure or organ.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • The surgical removal of a lesion, often as part of a biopsy and with healthy margins.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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