Noun

• S: (n) deletion, excision, cut (the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage) "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause"
• S: (n) ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision (surgical removal of a body part or tissue)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body) "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery"
• S: (n) medical procedure (a procedure employed by medical or dental practitioners)
• S: (n) procedure, process (a particular course of action intended to achieve a result) "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error"
• S: (n) activity (any specific behavior) "they avoided all recreational activity"
• S: (n) act, deed, human action, human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
• S: (n) event (something that happens at a given place and time)
• S: (n) psychological feature (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• derivationally related form
• W: (v) ablate [Related to: ablation] (remove an organ or bodily structure)
• W: (v) extirpate [Related to: extirpation] (surgically remove (an organ))
• derivationally related form
• Overview
• S: (v) uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminate (destroy completely, as if down to the roots) "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"; "root out corruption"
• S: (v) uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root out (pull up by or as if by the roots) "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
• S: (v) extirpate (surgically remove (an organ))
• synset
• W: (v) excise [Related to: excision] (remove by cutting) "The surgeon excised the tumor"
• S: (n) excommunication, excision (the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society)
• S: (n) extirpation, excision, deracination (the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence)