exsectĭo

ōnis, f.

exseco

I. a cutting out, excision: illa conscelerata linguae, Cic. Clu. 67, 191: fundi in armario, id. ib. 64, 180.—In plur.: mammarum, Arn. 5, 165.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
An open-access project