Ex-cis'ion, n.

(ek-sĭzh'un), n. [Lat. excisio, from excidere, to cut out or off; Fr. excision.] 1. The act of excising or cutting off; especially, of a person or nation; extirpation; destruction. Such conquerors are the instruments of vengeance on those nations that have . . . grown ripe for excision. Atterbury.

2. (Eccl.) The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication.
3. (Surg.) The removal, especially of small parts, with a cutting instrument. Dunglison.