Incision
noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A cut, especially one made by a scalpel or similar medical tool in the context of surgical operation; the scar resulting from such a cut. countable, uncountable
"Wrath-kindled gentlemen, be ruled by me; Let’s purge this choler without letting blood: This we prescribe, though no physician; Deep malice makes too deep incision;"
- 2 the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation) wordnet
- 3 The act of cutting into a substance. countable, uncountable
"The parte of Euacuation by lettyng of blud, is incision or cuttyng of the vayne, wherby the bloud, whiche is cause of syckenes or grefe to the hole body, or any particular part therof, doth most aptly passe."
- 4 a depression scratched or carved into a surface wordnet
- 5 Separation or solution of viscid matter by medicines. countable, obsolete, uncountable
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- 6 A cut-back countable, uncountable
"Riyad Mahrez also dragged wide after a De Bruyne incision."
Example
More examples"Dr. Curcillo makes one incision then uses a pliable instrument that can move more like a surgeon's hand than the long, stiff laparoscopes surgeons have used for the past decade or so."
Etymology
From Middle English inscicioun, from Middle French incision, from Late Latin incisiō from the verb incidō (“I cut into”) + action noun suffix -iō.
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