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Excision vs Resection - What's the difference?

excision | resection |

As nouns the difference between excision and resection

is that excision is the deletion of some text during editing while resection is the surgical excision of part of a tissue.

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.

    • resection

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia resection)
  • (medicine) The surgical excision of part of a tissue
  • A method of finding one's position by using a map and compass

    • Verb

    (en verb)

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