Crossword clues for excision
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Excision \Ex*ci"sion\, n. [L. excisio: cf. F. excision. See Excide.]
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The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction.
Such conquerors are the instruments of vengeance on those nations that have . . . grown ripe for excision.
--Atterbury. (Eccl.) The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication.
(Surg.) The removal, especially of small parts, with a cutting instrument.
--Dunglison.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 15c., from Middle French excision (14c.) and directly from Latin excisionem (nominative excisio) "a destroying," noun of action from past participle stem of excidere (see excise (v.)).
Wiktionary
n. 1 The deletion of some text during editing. 2 (context surgery English) The removal of a tumor, etc., by cutting. 3 (context genetics English) The removal of a gene from a section of genetic material. 4 (context topology English) The fact that, under certain hypotheses, the homology of a space relative to a subspace is unchanged by the identification of a subspace of the latter to a point.
WordNet
n. 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" [syn: deletion, cut]
surgical removal of a body part or tissue [syn: ablation, extirpation, cutting out]
the act of banishing a member of the Church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the Church; cutting a person off from a religious society [syn: excommunication]
the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence [syn: extirpation, deracination]
Wikipedia
Jeff Abel, better known by his stage name Excision, is a Canadian producer and DJ.
Excision frequently works with fellow Canadian dubstep producers Datsik and Downlink, along with rising producer Dion Timmer, hailing from the Netherlands. He is the founder of Rottun Recordings. Active since 2004, his first release was in 2007. He had released an annual "Shambhala" mix album in the third quarter of each year. He also is known for his watts of bass tours.
Abel recently founded another label "Destroid Music", upon its debut release a full length digital album was released with the majority of tracks by Excision himself and collaborations with other artists such as Downlink, Space Laces, Far Too Loud, Bassnectar and Ajapai. Another single was released in December 2013 by Excision & Space Laces entitled "Get Stupid". There are more releases scheduled to be released on Destroid Music.
Excision may refer to:
- In surgery, the complete removal of an organ, tissue, bone or tumor from a body
- Type II female genital mutilation
- A term used by the Australian government as part of its definition of the Australian migration zone
- Excision theorem in algebraic topology, a branch of mathematics
- Excise, taxes charged on the purchase of goods or services
- Excision (musician), a Canadian dubstep producer from British Columbia.
- Excision (film), a 2012 American horror film
Excision is a 2012 American horror comedy film written and directed by Richard Bates, Jr, and starring AnnaLynne McCord, Traci Lords, Ariel Winter, Roger Bart, Jeremy Sumpter, Malcolm McDowell, Matthew Gray Gubler, Marlee Matlin, Ray Wise, and John Waters. The film is a feature-length adaptation of the 2008 short film of the same name. Excision premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Excision played in the category of Park City at Midnight.
Usage examples of "excision".
Cardanus says that he witnessed the excision of a portion of the pericardium with the subsequent cure of the patient.
He has an aggravated excision of the left ear, what looks to be a simple fracture of the ulna, pharyngeal trauma, and multiple abrasions and contusions.
Having done this, let them compare the revised with the unrevised passages, and see where the excision has improved, and where it has injured, the effect.
In the first five chapters there are numerous emendations, very few of which, however, affect the meaning to any appreciable extent, being mainly concerned with the excision of redundancies and the simplification of style.
The reason given for excision is that the promoters of the Virginia scheme were anxious that nothing should appear to discourage capitalists, or to deter emigrants, and that this story of the hostility and cruelty of Powhatan, only averted by the tender mercy of his daughter, would have an unfortunate effect.
Darwin should not have known that though the my excised in 1866 was the most technically categorical, the others were in reality just as guilty, though no tower of Siloam in the shape of excision fell upon them.
He only had to click the mouse twice to replace the image of the face with an image of the musculature beneath, already marked up with diagrammatic indications of the required incisions, excisions and reconnections.
Then in the case of excisions you have all kinds of secondary changes, pigmentary disturbances, modifications of the passions, alterations in the secretion of fatty tissue.
On the other hand, I am ready to make excisions for people who find the wording of the marriage service a little too rugged for their modern concepts.
There are two of them, the fifth and the ninth, from which some excisions are necessary.
He has an aggravated excision of the left ear, what looks to be a simple fracture of the ulna, pharyngeal trauma, and multiple abrasions and contusions.