excision

/ษชkหˆsษชส’ษ™n/

IPA: /IH0 K S IH1 ZH AH0 N/

noun
  1. 1

    The deletion of some text during editing.

  2. 2

    The removal of a tumor, etc., by cutting.

  3. 3

    The removal of a gene from a section of genetic material.

  4. 4

    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.

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