Noun

(en noun)

The act by which something is severed.

*{{quote-news, year=2008, date=April 7, author=Janet Maslin, title=A Sex Researcher Walks Into a Lab, and Then Things Start to Get Comical, work=New York Times citation

, passage=The penile mishaps (one involving a bristled toothbrush), severings (one involves hungry ducks) and surgeries cited by Ms. Roach are nothing if not memorable, but her book consistently undermines its own discoveries. }}