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Excision
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The act of cutting out; the surgical removal of part or all of a structure or organ. [ ]
Term info
Label
Excision
Synonyms
- Abscission
- EXCISION
- Excision
- Excisional
- Extirpation
- Removal
- Resection
- Surgical Removal
- Surgical Resection
- excision
- resection
Subsets
NCIT_C66830, NCIT_C61410, NCIT_C101858, NCIT_C116977, NCIT_C118169
ALT DEFINITION
The act of cutting out; the surgical removal of part or all of a structure or organ. (NCI), Removal by surgery.
Contributing Source
CTRP, CDISC
Display Name
Excision
Legacy Concept Name
Excision
Maps To
Surgical Resection
Preferred Name
Excision
Semantic Type
Health Care Activity
UMLS CUI
C0728940
code
C15232