Cutting and Excision

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Cutting noun - A piece that has been separated from the whole by cutting.

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Excision and cutting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Excision" instead a noun "Cutting".

Nearby Words: cut, cutter

Excision noun - Surgical removal of a body part or tissue.

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Cutting and excision are semantically related. You can use "Cutting" instead a noun "Excision".

Nearby Words: excise, excised, excising, excisable

For example, "phlebotomy", which comes from the Greek phlebo-, meaning "vein", and -tomy, meaning "cutting, incision" of an organ and "excision" of an object.

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