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Excision vs Ectomy - What's the difference?

excision | ectomy |

As nouns the difference between excision and ectomy

is that excision is the deletion of some text during editing while ectomy is any operation involving surgical excision or removal.

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.

    • ectomy

    English

    Noun

    (ectomies)
  • (medicine) Any operation involving surgical excision or removal.

    • See also

    * ostomy