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'''Excision''' (from Latin: ''excidere'', chop out, cut, cut away) in medical contexts of surgery means the surgical total or partial removal of an organ, tissue, bone or tumor from a living body.

'''Excision''' (from Latin: ''excidere'', chop out, cut, cut away) in medical contexts of surgery means the surgical total or partial removal of an organ, tissue, bone or tumor from a living body.<ref>{{REFweb

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In contrast to the [[incision]], the affected tissue is cut out.

== Genital mutilation ==

The Wikipedia refers to the term ''excision'' in the contect of [[FGM]] Type II:

{{Citation

|Title=FGM Type II

|Text=''Type II'' (excision) is the complete or partial removal of the inner labia, with or without removal of the clitoral glans and outer labia. Type IIa is removal of the inner labia; Type IIb, removal of the clitoral glans and inner labia; and Type IIc, removal of the clitoral glans, inner and outer labia. Excision in French can refer to any form of FGM.<ref>{{REFweb

|Text=''Type II'' (excision) is the complete or partial removal of the [[labia minora|inner labia]], with or without removal of the [[clitoral glans]] and [[labia majora|outer labia]]. Type IIa is removal of the inner labia; Type IIb, removal of the [[clitoral glans]] and [[labia minora|inner labia]]; and Type IIc, removal of the [[clitoral glans]], [[labia minora|inner]] and [[labia majora|outer labia]]. Excision in French can refer to any form of FGM.<ref>{{REFweb

|url=https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/female-genital-mutilation

|title=Female genital mutilation

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* [[Amputation]]

[[Category:Circumcision term]]

[[Category:Genital mutilation]]

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-'''Excision''' (from Latin: ''excidere'', chop out, cut, cut away) in medical contexts of surgery means the surgical total or partial removal of an organ, tissue, bone or tumor from a living body.
+'''Excision''' (from Latin: ''excidere'', chop out, cut, cut away) in medical contexts of surgery means the surgical total or partial removal of an organ, tissue, bone or tumor from a living body.<ref>{{REFweb
+ |url=https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/excision
+ |title=Excision
+ |last=
+ |first=
+ |publisher=Free Dictionary
+ |accessdate=2021-07-26
+}}</ref>
 In contrast to the [[incision]], the affected tissue is cut out.
 == Genital mutilation ==
 The Wikipedia refers to the term ''excision'' in the contect of [[FGM]] Type II:
 {{Citation
   |Title=FGM Type II
-  |Text=''Type II'' (excision) is the complete or partial removal of the inner labia, with or without removal of the clitoral glans and outer labia.<br>Type IIa is removal of the inner labia;<br>Type IIb, removal of the clitoral glans and inner labia;<br>and Type IIc, removal of the clitoral glans, inner and outer labia.<br><br>Excision in French can refer to any form of FGM.<ref>{{REFweb
+  |Text=''Type II'' (excision) is the complete or partial removal of the [[labia minora|inner labia]], with or without removal of the [[clitoral glans]] and [[labia majora|outer labia]].<br>Type IIa is removal of the inner labia;<br>Type IIb, removal of the [[clitoral glans]] and [[labia minora|inner labia]];<br>and Type IIc, removal of the [[clitoral glans]], [[labia minora|inner]] and [[labia majora|outer labia]].<br><br>Excision in French can refer to any form of FGM.<ref>{{REFweb
   |url=https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/female-genital-mutilation
   |title=Female genital mutilation
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   |Author=Wikipedia
 }}
+{{SEEALSO}}
+* [[Amputation]]
 {{REF}}
 [[Category:Circumcision term]]
+[[Category:Genital mutilation]]
+[[de:Exzision]]