Exscind

I came across this word, exscind, last week when reading for a class. I was not sure exactly what it meant so I decided to look up the definition, and found that I could easily dissect the word. The definition is "to cut out or excise." It is a verb, and originates from the Latin word exscindere. The word may be broken up into its etymological components ex (out of, away) and scindere (to cut).
Source: AHD