excisable

adj — 2 senses

excisable

adj

Etymology From excise + -able.

1

Economics, Government, Sciences, Taxation Liable or subject to excise.

  • Tobacco is an excisable commodity.
2

Medicine, Sciences, Surgery Able to be excised.

  • After incomplete resection of soft tissue sarcomas, resection of local tissue should be performed, even if excisable tissue margins appear narrow.2007 February, Bacon NJ, Dernell WS, Ehrhart N, Powers BE, Withrow SJ, “Evaluation of primary re-excision after recent inadequate resection of soft tissue sarcomas in dogs: 41 cases (1999-2004)”, in Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, volume 230, number 4, →DOI, →PMID, pages 548–554:

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