removal
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
removal/rɪˈmuːvl/
▶noun
- 1 the action of removing.
- 2 [usu. as modifier] Brit. the transfer of furniture and other contents when moving house: removal men.
- 3 (also removal of remains) Irish the formal procedure of taking a body from the house to the church for the funeral service.
'removal' also found in these Oxford entries:
abdominoplasty
- ablation
- alkyl
- aryl
- back-formation
- bloodletting
- blowdown
- capture
- catalase
- chip
- cholecystectomy
- clear-out
- colectomy
- collection
- craniotomy
- de-
- deamination
- debouch
- debridement
- decamp
- defame
- deflation
- depilate
- deracinate
- dermabrasion
- dilatation and curettage
- dis-
- disburse
- discectomy
- disgorge
- divest
- donate
- -ectomy
- electrolysis
- embolectomy
- endarterectomy
- epilation
- ex-
- from
- gastrectomy
- guillotine
- keratectomy
- lithotomy
- lobectomy
- malignant
- metastasis
- nephrectomy
- offtake
- oophorectomy
- orchidectomy

