excisions
Deliberate removal acts
Excisions are acts of cutting something out or removing it.
A surgeon performs an excision when removing a tumor.
An editor makes excisions when cutting passages from a manuscript.
The word applies to any deliberate removal by cutting—physical tissue, textual material, or figuratively, unwanted elements from a plan or organization.
Surgical tissue removal
- biopsyTissue sample for diagnosis
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- suturingClosing wounds with thread
- hemostasisProcess that stops bleeding
dissection · cauterization · anesthesia · laparotomy · laparoscope · surgeon · sterile · ligature
Removal of content
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
- expungingRemoving completely from existence
- erasureAct of wiping away
- extractionAct of removing
extirpation · purge · expunction · redaction · omission · striking · trimming · culling
Obscuring sensitive text
- deletionRemoval of content
- editingRefining content for clarity
- omissionFailure to include
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
bowdlerization · abridgment · cutting · striking · expurgation · revision · manuscript · passage
resection
Surgical tissue removal
hemostasis · dissection · cauterization · anesthesia · laparotomy · laparoscope · surgeon · sterile · ligature · postoperative
deletion
Removal of content
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
- expungingRemoving completely from existence
- erasureAct of wiping away
extraction · extirpation · purge · expunction · redaction · omission · striking · trimming · culling · editing
redaction
Obscuring sensitive text
censorship · bowdlerization · abridgment · cutting · striking · expurgation · revision · manuscript · passage · paragraph
excisionsinsertions
Things put into another
additions · inclusions · incorporations · implantations · integrations
excisionsretentions
Acts of keeping possession
preservations · conservations · restorations · keeping · salvaging
- tumor excisionSurgical removal of abnormal growth