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in⋅ci⋅sion

  [in-sizh-uhn]
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–noun
1. a cut, gash, or notch.
2. the act of incising.
3. a cutting into, esp. for surgical purposes.
4. incisiveness; keenness.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L incīsiōn- (s. of incīsiō). See incise, -ion
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in·ci·sion   (ĭn-sĭzh'ən)   
n.  

  1. The act of incising.

  2. Medicine

    1. A cut into a body tissue or organ, especially one made during surgery.

    2. The scar resulting from such a cut.

  3. A notch, as in the edge of a leaf.

  4. The condition or quality of being incisive; incisiveness.

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Word Origin & History

incision 
1392, from O.Fr. incision (13c.), from L. incisionem (nom. incisio) "a cutting into," noun of action from incidere "to cut in," from from in- "into" + -cidere, comb. form of caedere "to cut" (see concise). Incisive (1597), from M.L. incisivus originally was lit., "cutting with a sharp edge;" fig. sense of "mentally acute" first recorded 1850 as a borrowing from Fr.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: in·ci·sion
Pronunciation: in-'sizh-&n
Function: noun
1 : a cut or wound of body tissue made especially in surgery
2 : an act of incising something incision of the tissues>
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Medical Dictionary

incision in·ci·sion (ĭn-sĭzh'ən)
n.

  1. A cut into a body tissue or organ, especially one made during surgery.

  2. The scar resulting from such a cut.

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