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excision vs surgical procedure

surgical procedure vs excision

excision and surgical procedure both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
excision Yes No No No
surgical procedure Yes No No No
As nouns, surgical procedure is a hypernym of excision; that is, surgical procedure is a word with a broader meaning than excision:
  • excision: surgical removal of a body part or tissue
  • surgical procedure: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
Other hypernyms of excision include operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical process.
excision (noun) surgical procedure (noun)
surgical removal of a body part or tissue a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence
the 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 society
the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
Difference between excision and surgical procedure

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