| has gloss | (noun) the act of removing; "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy"
removal, remotion |
| lexicalization | eng: remotion |
| lexicalization | eng: removal |
| subclass of | (noun) the act of dividing or disconnecting
separation |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid
skimming |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of taking out money or other capital
withdrawal |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc.; "the nurse was expert at the withdrawal of blood"
withdrawal |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of cutting something off
abscission, cutting off |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of withdrawing or removing something
abstraction |
| has subclass | (noun) the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force); "the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction"
extraction |
| has subclass | (noun) spontaneous removal or casting off of a body part (as the tail of a lizard or claw of a lobster) especially when the organism is injured or under attack
autotomy |
| has subclass | (noun) the removal of contaminants
decontamination |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of deleting something written or printed
deletion |
| has subclass | (noun) the removal of covering
baring, stripping, denudation, uncovering, husking |
| has subclass | (noun) removal of scars or tattoos by anesthetizing the skin surface and then sanding or scraping off some of the outer skin layer
dermabrasion |
| has subclass | (noun) forced removal from a position of advantage
dislodgement, dislodgment |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of removing or getting rid of something
riddance, elimination |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations
elimination |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of removing the contents of something
voidance, evacuation, emptying |
| has subclass | (noun) the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing
rinse, rinsing |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude
evisceration, disembowelment |