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excision
(redirected from shave excision)

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excision [ek′sizh·ən]
(genetics)
Recombination involving removal of a genetic element.
(medicine)
The cutting out of a part; removal of a foreign body or growth from a part, organ, or tissue.


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Cosmetic Procedures Skin mole removal that is done for cosmetic reasons is often completed by what is known as shave excision.
However, a simple tumor shave excision off the leaflet was adequate more commonly in aortic valve lesions and valve replacement, mostly in mitral position with the subvalvular involvement, was required in 6% of the patients.
[FIGURE 2 OMITTED] CDNH may be treated with intralesional steroid injection, conservative excisional biopsy, or deep shave excision.
 
 
 
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