excision
Cutting something out
Excision is the act of cutting something out, especially surgically: excision of a tumor, excision of damaged tissue.
The word extends to any deliberate removal: excision of controversial passages from the manuscript.
It emphasizes clean, precise extraction rather than casual deletion.
Act of removing
- extirpationComplete destruction or removal
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
- eradicationTotal elimination of something
- deletionRemoval of content
severance · resection · ablation · expurgation · purge · cutting out · taking out · uprooting
Precise surgical knife
- biopsyTissue sample for diagnosis
- lumpectomyExcision of abnormal growth
- mastectomySurgical breast removal
- resectionSurgical tissue removal
colectomy · gastrectomy · nephrectomy · laparotomy · ablation · dissection · amputation · anesthesia
Obscuring sensitive text
- deletionRemoval of content
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
- omissionFailure to include
- revisionAltering to improve
censorship · abridgment · expurgation · bowdlerization · strikethrough · markup · trimming · condensing
Correctness in every detail
- meticulousnessExtreme carefulness in details
- finesseSubtle, deft handling
- sharpnessKeenness of edge, mind, or image
- accuracyDegree of correctness
carefulness · delicacy · dexterity · skillfulness · clean cut · surgical precision · neatness · refinement
extraction
Act of removing
- extirpationComplete destruction or removal
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
- eradicationTotal elimination of something
deletion · severance · resection · ablation · expurgation · purge · cutting out · taking out · uprooting · clearance
scalpel
Precise surgical knife
- biopsyTissue sample for diagnosis
- lumpectomyExcision of abnormal growth
- mastectomySurgical breast removal
resection · colectomy · gastrectomy · nephrectomy · laparotomy · ablation · dissection · amputation · anesthesia · suturing
redaction
Obscuring sensitive text
revision · censorship · abridgment · expurgation · bowdlerization · strikethrough · markup · trimming · condensing · shortening
exactness
Correctness in every detail
- meticulousnessExtreme carefulness in details
- finesseSubtle, deft handling
- sharpnessKeenness of edge, mind, or image
accuracy · carefulness · delicacy · dexterity · skillfulness · clean cut · surgical precision · neatness · refinement · scrupulousness
- medical caresurgery, examination, injection, prescription, medication
- cutsslice, chop, dice, gash, nick
- cuttingslicing, slice, chopping, dice, dicing
- deletiondelete, erase, erasure, cross out, strike out
- medical proceduressurgery, transplant, bypass surgery, biopsy, heart surgery
- redactedredacted, censored, blacked out, expunged, deleted
excisioninsertion
Placing something within
implantation · addition · grafting · transplantation · inclusion
excisioninsertion
Placing something within
addition · inclusion · interpolation · incorporation · entry
excisioninclusion
Being made part
addition · insertion · incorporation · integration · annexation
- tumor excisionSurgical removal of abnormal growth