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Excision vs Recision - What's the difference?

excision | recision |

As nouns the difference between excision and recision

is that excision is the deletion of some text during editing while recision is the act of cutting off.

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.

    • recision

    English

    Noun

  • The act of cutting off.
    • (Sherwood)
    (Webster 1913)