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切除

切除

Chinese

close to; to cut; to slice
 
remove; do away with; wipe out; divide; except
simp. and trad.
(切除)

Verb

切除

  1. to excise; to cut out; to remove (organ or other tissue)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せつ
Grade: 2
じょ
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Etymology

(setsu, cut, sever) + (jo, rid of, clear away)

Noun

切除 (hiragana せつじょ, romaji setsujo)

  1. cutting off, excision, -tomy

Compounds

  • 乳房切除 (nyūbō setsujo): mastectomy
  • 乳房切除術 (nyūbō setsujo-jutsu): mastectomy
  • 女性器切除 (joseiki setsujo): female circumcision
  • 女性性器切除 (josei seiki setsujo): female circumcision

Verb

切除する (hiragana せつじょする, romaji setsujo suru)

  1. to cut off, to excise

Conjugation