nnoun.communicationthe omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passageSynset:cut deletion
Examples:- an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors
- both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause
Derivationally Related Form:excisedelete
Hypernyms:editing redaction
Inherited Hypernyms:deletioneditingwritingwritten communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
nnoun.actsurgical removal of a body part or tissueSynset:ablation cutting out extirpation
Derivationally Related Form:exciseextirpateablate
Hypernyms:operation surgery surgical operation surgical procedure surgical process
Inherited Hypernyms:ablationoperationmedical procedureprocedureactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:adenoidectomyadrenalectomyappendectomyappendicectomycholecystectomyclitoridectomyembolectomyendarterectomyenervationfemale circumcisionhypophysectomyhysterectomylaminectomylaryngectomylithotomylobectomylumpectomymastectomymastoidectomymeniscectomynephrectomyneurectomyoophorectomyoophorosalpingectomyophthalmectomyorchidectomyorchiectomyovariectomypancreatectomypneumonectomyprostatectomysalpingectomyseptectomysigmoidectomysplenectomystapedectomysuprarenalectomysympathectomythrombectomythyroidectomytonsillectomyvasectomyvulvectomy
Full Hyponyms:adenoidectomyadrenalectomyappendectomycholecystectomycholelithotomyclitoridectomyembolectomyendarterectomyenervationhypophysectomyhysterectomylaminectomylaparoscopic cholecystectomylaryngectomylithotomylobectomylumpectomymastectomymastoidectomymeniscectomymodified radical mastectomynephrectomyneurectomyoophorectomyoophorosalpingectomyophthalmectomyorchidectomypancreatectomypneumonectomyprostatectomyradical hysterectomyradical mastectomysalpingectomyseptectomysigmoidectomysimple mastectomysplenectomystapedectomysympathectomythrombectomythyroidectomytonsillectomytotal hysterectomyvasectomyvulvectomy
nnoun.actthe 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 societySynset:excommunication
Derivationally Related Form:excommunicate
Hypernyms:banishment proscription
Inherited Hypernyms:excommunicationbanishmentrejectionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.actthe act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existenceSynset:deracination extirpation
Derivationally Related Form:extirpatederacinate
Hypernyms:pull pulling
Inherited Hypernyms:extirpationpullpropulsionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity