CUTTING OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cutting out mean? 

• CUTTING OUT (noun)
  The noun CUTTING OUT has 1 sense:

1. surgical removal of a body part or tissue

  Familiarity information: CUTTING OUT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUTTING OUT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Surgical removal of a body part or tissue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

ablation; cutting out; excision; extirpation

Hypernyms ("cutting out" is a kind of...):

operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cutting out"):

sigmoidectomy (surgical removal of part or all of the sigmoid colon (usually to remove a malignant tumor))

oophorectomy; ovariectomy (surgical removal of one of both ovaries)

oophorosalpingectomy (surgical removal of one or both ovaries and the corresponding Fallopian tubes)

ophthalmectomy (surgical removal of an eye)

orchidectomy; orchiectomy (surgical removal of one or both testicles)

pancreatectomy (surgical removal of part or all of the pancreas)

pneumonectomy (surgical removal of a lung (usually to treat lung cancer))

prostatectomy (surgical removal of part or all of the prostate gland)

salpingectomy (surgical removal of one or both Fallopian tubes)

septectomy (surgical removal of all or part of a septum (especially the nasal septum or atrial septum))

neurectomy (surgical removal of all or part of a nerve)

splenectomy (surgical removal of the spleen)

stapedectomy (surgical removal of the stapes of the middle ear)

sympathectomy (surgical interruption of a nerve pathway in the sympathetic nervous system)

thrombectomy (surgical removal of a blood clot (thrombus) from a blood vessel)

thyroidectomy (surgical removal of the thyroid gland)

tonsillectomy (surgical removal of the palatine tonsils; commonly performed along with adenoidectomy)

vasectomy (surgical procedure that removes all or part of the vas deferens (usually as a means of sterilization); is sometimes reversible)

vulvectomy (surgical removal of part or all of the vulva)

laminectomy (surgical removal of the bony arches on one or more vertebrae)

adrenalectomy; suprarenalectomy (surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands)

appendectomy; appendicectomy (surgical removal of the vermiform appendix)

cholecystectomy (surgical removal of the gall bladder (usually for relief of gallstone pain))

clitoridectomy; female circumcision (excision of the clitoris)

embolectomy (surgical removal of an embolus (usually from an artery))

endarterectomy (surgical removal of the inner lining of an artery that is clogged with atherosclerosis)

enervation (surgical removal of a nerve)

hypophysectomy (surgical removal of the pituitary gland)

hysterectomy (surgical removal of the uterus)

adenoidectomy (surgical removal of the adenoids; commonly performed along with tonsillectomy)

laryngectomy (surgical removal of part or all of the larynx (usually to treat cancer of the larynx))

lithotomy (surgical removal of a stone (calculus))

lobectomy (surgical removal of a lobe from any organ of the body (as the lung or brain))

lumpectomy (surgical removal of a tumor without removing much of the surrounding tissue or lymph nodes; performed in some cases of breast cancer)

mastectomy (surgical removal of a breast to remove a malignant tumor)

mastoidectomy (surgical removal of some or all of the mastoid process)

meniscectomy (surgical removal of the meniscus of the knee)

nephrectomy (surgical removal of a kidney)

 Context examples 

Elimination, especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing.

(Deletion, NCI Thesaurus)

The act of cutting out; the surgical removal of part or all of a structure or organ.

(Excision, NCI Thesaurus)

Buck multiplied himself, attacking from all sides, enveloping the herd in a whirlwind of menace, cutting out his victim as fast as it could rejoin its mates, wearing out the patience of creatures preyed upon, which is a lesser patience than that of creatures preying.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

When they had laughed at Beth's story, they asked their mother for one, and after a moments thought, she said soberly, "As I sat cutting out blue flannel jackets today at the rooms, I felt very anxious about Father, and thought how lonely and helpless we should be, if anything happened to him. It was not a wise thing to do, but I kept on worrying till an old man came in with an order for some clothes. He sat down near me, and I began to talk to him, for he looked poor and tired and anxious.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Miss Lavinia, self-charged with the superintendence of my darling's wardrobe, is constantly cutting out brown-paper cuirasses, and differing in opinion from a highly respectable young man, with a long bundle, and a yard measure under his arm.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The wolves were now in the country of game, and though they still hunted in pack, they hunted more cautiously, cutting out heavy cows or crippled old bulls from the small moose-herds they ran across.

(White Fang, by Jack London)