different between excitement vs excision

English

Etymology

excite +? -ment

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?k-s?t?m?nt, IPA^(key): /?k?sa?tm?nt/

Noun

excitement (countable and uncountable, plural excitements)

1. (uncountable) the state of being excited (emotionally aroused).
   • E.A. Poe, The unparalleled adventure of one Hans Pfaal:

     By late accounts from Rotterdam, that city seems to be in a high state of philosophical excitement.

2. (countable) something that excites.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle French excision, from Latin exc?si?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?s???n/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

excision (countable and uncountable, plural excisions)

1. The deletion of some text during editing.
2. (surgery) The removal of a tumor, etc., by cutting.
3. (genetics) The removal of a gene from a section of genetic material.
4. (topology) The fact that, under certain hypotheses, the homology of a space relative to a subspace is unchanged by the identification of a subspace of the latter to a point.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Middle French excision, from Latin exc?si?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.si.zj??/

Noun

excision f (plural excisions)

1. excision

Further reading

• “excision” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exc?si?.

Noun

excision f (plural excisions)

1. excision; removal by cutting
   • 1549, Jean Tagault, Les institutions chirurgiques

     Quand le patient refuse ayde et remedes necessaires a la curation de la maladie, laquelle de soy est incurable, comme excision d'ung chancre qui occupe quelque membre.

Descendants

• English: excision
• French: excision