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