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View synonyms for incision

incision

[ in-sizh-uhn ]

noun

  1. a cut, gash, or notch.
  2. the act of incising.
  3. a cutting into, especially for surgical purposes.
  4. incisiveness; keenness.


incision

/ ɪnˈsɪʒən /

noun

  1. the act of incising
  2. a cut, gash, or notch
  3. a cut made with a knife during a surgical operation
  4. any indentation in an incised leaf
  5. rare.
    incisiveness


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Word History and Origins

Origin of incision1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin incīsiōn- (stem of incīsiō ). See incise, -ion

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Example Sentences

Slow at first, then steadily, a stream of liquid drips off the incision.

A new procedure for hysterectomies, done via robotic arm via a single incision, results in no scarring and little downtime.

They made a second, shorter incision at the end of the first one.

You have to use the electric scalpel and make a shaky incision on purpose, because palm lines are never completely straight.

That type of incision is rarely performed on large breasts, according to Levine.

The wound after probing looked sufficiently like an ordinary incision to deceive any one.

Lane put his hand into the abdominal incision and squeezed the heart through the diaphragm.

With one incision Balsamo separated the vertebral column a couple of inches from the brain, and opened a yawning gash.

They may be operated on by means of incision or extirpation.

He rejects opening of the head by an incision because of the danger of it.

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