excisio

excīsĭo, ōnis, f. [excido],

I a cutting out , excision.

I Prop.: plagae, Pall. 3, 30.— Plur. concr. , the parts cut out , Vitr. 10, 12, 1.—

II A destroying , Cic. Dom. 58, 146; id. Harusp. Resp. 2, 3.