excision

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These included a mastectomy and lymph node procedure performed in 28 minutes, and an excision of benign thickened breast tissue in 10 minutes, "which the review team considered to have been unnecessary".

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

To treat it, she went through excision surgeries and a hysterectomy, and also healed herself with herbs.

From Slate • Jun. 14, 2025

The excision was finalized by Jacksonville’s former mayor, a Republican who once served as his party’s statewide chair.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2023

But with proper treatment, with the proper excision, there's a way to manage it.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2023

As a surgeon Fergusson’s greatest merit is that of having introduced the practice of “conservative surgery,” by which he meant the excision of a joint rather than the amputation of a limb.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various