excision

ɛksizjɔ̃

Definition

Definition of excision - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

mutilation génitale

TECH.

ablation rituelle du clitoris pratiquée dans certaines cultures

TECH.

L'excision est interdite dans de nombreux pays.

infibulation

mutilation

chirurgie

TECH.

opération qui consiste à enlever une partie d'un organe

TECH.

Le chirurgien a pratiqué une excision de la tumeur.

ablation

résection

biologie cellulaire

TECH.

suppression d'un fragment abîmé sur un acide nucléique

TECH.

L'excision de l'ADN défectueux permet la réparation cellulaire.

élimination

suppression

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Origin of excision

latin, excidere (couper, enlever)

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site donneur d'épissage

biologie moléculaire

région de l'ARN où débute l'excision d'un intron lors de l'épissage

site accepteur d'épissage

biologie moléculaire

extrémité d'exon où finit l'excision d'intron avant épissage

exciseuse

mutilation

femme qui pratique l'excision sur d'autres femmes

forgeronne

rituel

femme qui pratique l'excision rituelle

Examples of excision in a sentence

Elle milite pour l’éradication de l’excision.
L’excision du kyste a été réussie.
L’excision nécessite souvent une anesthésie générale.
L’excision enzymatique cible les séquences endommagées de l’ARN.
Après l’excision, la cellule peut synthétiser une nouvelle protéine.

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English:female genital mutilation, excision, ...
German:Beschneidung, Exzision, ...
Italian:escissione, asportazione, ...
Spanish:ablación, escisión, ...
Portuguese:excisão, remoção cirúrgica, ...
Chinese:女性割礼, 切除术, ...
Japanese:女性器切除, 切除, ...
Arabic:الختان الفرعوني, استئصال, ...
Hebrew:מִילּוּת, כְּרִיתָה, ...
Russian:женское обрезание, иссечение, ...
Ukrainian:ексцизія, видалення, ...
Catalan:excissió, extirpació, ...
Danish:excision, udskæring, ...
Dutch:excisie, verwijdering, ...
Greek:εκτομή, αφαίρεση, ...
Khmer:ការកាត់ប្រដាប់ភេទស្ត្រី, ការកាត់យកចេញ, ...
Korean:여성 할례, 절제, ...
Polish:egzcyzja, wycięcie, ...
Portuguese (BR):excisão, remoção cirúrgica, ...
Romanian:excisie, excizie, ...
Swedish:excision, borttagning, ...
Thai:การขริบอวัยวะเพศหญิง, การตัดออก, ...
Turkish:kadın genital mutilasyonu, eksizyon, ...
Vietnamese:cắt âm vật, cắt bỏ, ...

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excitabilité nerveuse

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Definition of excision - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

Origin of excision

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Examples of excision in a sentence

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