different between exsection vs exsuction

exsection

English

Etymology

Latin exsectio.

Noun

exsection (plural exsections)

  1. A cutting out or away.
    • 1794, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia; or the Laws of Organic Life
      Hence exsection before the cancer is open is generally a cure
  2. (surgery) The removal by operation of a portion of a limb, especially the removal of a portion of a bone in the vicinity of a joint.

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exsuction

English

Etymology

From Latin ex(s)ug?, ex(s)uctum (to suck out), from ex (out) + sug? (to suck). Equivalent to ex- +? suction.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?k?s?k??n/

Noun

exsuction (plural exsuctions)

  1. The act of sucking out.
    • 1660, Robert Boyle, New Experiments Physico-Mechanical: Touching the Spring of the Air and their Effects
      I tried if a pendulum would swing faster, or continue swinging longer in our receiver, in case of exsuction of the air.

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