exscind

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin exscindō (“demolish, destroy”), originally in the sense “to destroy utterly”. === Pronunciation === enPR: ĕk(s)-sĭndʹ, ĭk(s)-sĭndʹ, IPA(key): /ɛk(s)ˈsɪnd/, /ɪk(s)ˈsɪnd/ Rhymes: -ɪnd === Verb === exscind (third-person singular simple present exscinds, present participle exscinding, simple past and past participle exscinded) (chiefly medicine, surgery) To cut out. (obsolete, Late Modern) To destroy utterly, to extirpate. ==== Translations ====