excision

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Glioblastomas, found in the brain's connective tissue, are notoriously aggressive and the general protocol for treating them - immediate excision then radiotherapy and chemotherapy - has changed little in two decades.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2024

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

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2023

His requests were initially denied until he underwent an excision for the lesion in September 2019, when the growth was diagnosed as cancer.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2023

It’s hard enough to tell what is and isn’t real these days without Google giving people the tools to turn every photograph into a deepfake by excision.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 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