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Avulsion vs Excision - What's the difference?

avulsion | excision |

As nouns the difference between avulsion and excision

is that avulsion is the loss or separation of a body part, either by surgery or due to trauma while excision is the deletion of some text during editing.

avulsion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The loss or separation of a body part, either by surgery or due to trauma
  • An abrupt change in the course of a river, typically from one channel to another
  • (hydrology) Movement of soil during a flood, or during a change in the course of a river, especially when a resulting change of land ownership is involved

    • Derived terms

    * avulsive

    excision

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The deletion of some text during editing.
  • (surgery) The removal of a tumor, etc., by cutting.
  • (genetics) The removal of a gene from a section of genetic material.
  • (topology) 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.