Excision
In medicine, the surgical removal of tissue from the body is called excision ( Latin excidere : (her) cut out, cut, cut off) . The corresponding verb is excise .
In contrast to the incision, the affected tissue is cut out.
The debridement (dt. Friedrich -Wundausschneidung) is the excision of a simple skin wound (not in hand and face area) for freshening (improving blood flow to the wound edges) and to remove contaminants, pathogens, foreign bodies and necrotic tissue. It is carried out 8–24 hours after injury, preferably if there is an increased risk of infection such as B. in animal and human bites.
genetics
In genetics , excision refers to a group of genomic repair mechanisms in the nucleus of a cell , e.g. B. in Hfr strains , in which a section of single-stranded DNA is cut out of the genome.
literature
- Wilfried Janning, Elisabeth Knust: Genetics: general genetics, molecular genetics, developmental genetics. Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 978-3-13-128771-7
Web links
- Bernd F. Abel: Wound Care (PDF; 386 kB)
- Entry on excision in Flexikon , a Wiki of the DocCheck company
