lumpectomy vs excision

excision vs lumpectomy

lumpectomy and excision both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lumpectomy	Yes	No	No	No
excision	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, excision is a hypernym of lumpectomy; that is, excision is a word with a broader meaning than lumpectomy:

lumpectomy: surgical removal of a tumor without removing much of the surrounding tissue or lymph nodes; performed in some cases of breast cancer
excision: surgical removal of a body part or tissue

Other hypernyms of lumpectomy include ablation, cutting out, extirpation.

lumpectomy (noun)	excision (noun)
surgical removal of a tumor without removing much of the surrounding tissue or lymph nodes; performed in some cases of breast cancer	surgical removal of a body part or tissue
	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

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