Excised

/ɪkˈsaɪzd/ verb

Definition

Past tense of excise; cut out or removed, especially surgically or as an act of censorship.

Etymology

From Latin 'excidere' (ex- 'out' + caedere 'to cut'), the past participle form showing a completed action of cutting away.

Kelly Says

The word 'excised' appears both in medical journals (describing tumor removal) and in censorship history—governments have literally excised pages from books, creating interesting blank spaces that historians later study.

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