excīsĭo — Lewis & Short
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; id. Harusp. Resp. 2, 3.