To cut out or excise; to remove something by cutting.
From Latin 'exscindere,' combining 'ex-' (out) and 'scindere' (to cut or tear). This medical and surgical term developed in Latin scientific contexts and was borrowed into English for anatomical procedures.
This is part of a family of surgical Latin terms (like 'excise') that doctors still use today—'exscind' is the more archaic cousin to our modern 'excise,' both meaning to surgically remove tissue.
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