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Excision vs Extrication - What's the difference?

excision | extrication |

As nouns the difference between excision and extrication

is that excision is the deletion of some text during editing while extrication is the act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.

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.

    • extrication

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.
  • (public safety, emergency medicine) Rescue of a trapped person in vehicle or machinery
  • The act of sending out or evolving.