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Incision vs Excision - What's the difference?

incision | excision |

As nouns the difference between incision and excision

is that incision is a cut, especially one made by a scalpel or similar medical tool in the context of surgical operation while excision is the deletion of some text during editing.

incision

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A cut, especially one made by a scalpel or similar medical tool in the context of surgical operation.
  • The act of incising, or cutting into a substance.
    • (Milton)
  • (obsolete) Separation or solution of viscid matter by medicines.

    • 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.