cutdown

[ kuht-doun ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

reduction; decrease; diminution:
a cutdown in sales.
Surgery. the incision of a superficial vein in order to effect direct insertion of a catheter.

Origin of cutdown¹

First recorded in 1885–90; noun use of verb phrase cut down

I believe he was in there and did the—he helped Dr. Curtis with the cutdown, the initial cutdown.

Then, the initial cutdown that I started was ineffective and infiltrated into the tissues.

After I had completed the cutdown, I went around to the right side of the patient and saw the head wound.

Will you describe in lay language what you mean by a cutdown in relationship to what they did in this case?

And what, specifically, did you do pursuant to the cutdown on his leg?

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