cutting out

1. 1.

   surgical removal of a body part or tissue

   Synonymsablationextirpationexcision

   Broaderoperation

   Narroweradenoidectomyadrenalectomyappendectomycholecystectomyclitoridectomyembolectomyendarterectomyenervationhypophysectomyhysterectomy

Questions about cutting out

What does cutting out mean?

cutting out means "surgical removal of a body part or tissue".

What is another word for cutting out?

Close synonyms include ablation, extirpation, excision. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cutting out a common word?

cutting out is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.