exsectĭo (exect-), ōnis, f. [exseco],
a cutting out , excision : illa conscelerata linguae, Cic. Clu. 67, 191: fundi in armario, id. ib. 64, 180.—In plur.: mammarum, Arn. 5, 165.
exsectiō (exect-) ōnis, f 2 SAC-, a cutting out, excision : linguae: fundi. ...
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