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incision
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A cut, especially one made by a scalpel or similar medical tool in the context of surgery operation. 2 The act of incising, or cutting into a substance. 3 (context obsolete English) Separation or solution of viscid matter by medicines.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Incision \In*ci"sion\, n. [L. incisio: cf. F. incision. See Incise .] The act of incising, or cutting into a substance; specifically: (Med.) the cutting action made during surgery to gain access to the body parts under the skin. --Milton. That which is ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ All incisions should be thoroughly sealed after suturing. ▪ Her mouth was a thread-like incision above almost a double chin. ▪ Longitudinal dorsal incision of the constricting band followed by transverse suture results in a fully ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a depression scratched or carved into a surface [syn: scratch , prick , slit , dent ] the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation) [syn: section , surgical incision ]
Usage examples of incision.
With the tendons gleaming softly in their beds, I removed the last bits of the aponeurosis, sprayed the wound with a mixture of alcohol and distilled water for disinfection, and set about closing the incisions.
It ran between the crepy mounds of her breasts, too straight, too neat, to be an incision.
Tracheotomy was performed but the dyspnea continued, showing that the foreign body was lodged below the incision.
The great Y incision down the chest and abdomen that Richards had made during the autopsy was stitched closed, as were the wounds where the frags had done their worst damage.
Bourgeois caused a great sensation when he presented to the members of the International Congress of Prehistoric Anthropology and Archeology, meeting in Paris, a Halitherium bone bearing marks that appeared to be human incisions.
The hot smell of intestines, finally freed by a deeper incision, cut through the chill night air and the scent of rain as they captured them in one of the baskets.
For example, we now remove most gallbladders using a laparoscopic camera and four small incisions.
While waiting for the anesthetic to take effect, she got everything ready for regluing the incision, then took a break for a pit stop.
He pulls out his pocket knife, selects the sharpest blade, and makes rough incisions through the plastic, diagonally, X marks the spot.
On September 20, 1865, at the meeting of the Italian Society of Natural Sciences at Spezia, Professor Ramorino presented bones of extinct species of red deer and rhinoceros bearing what he believed were human incisions.
Devlin knew he looked worse than usual with the large, sutured incision.
Only the autosurgeon continued working unperturbed, making smooth incisions and cauterising wounds with abrupt little sizzlings.
Ajin gave her to let the incision heal, a song like the other croons in the ancient Shallal tongue.
He killed the eels with a crosswise incision in the backs of their necks and Mama, who had an over-lively imagination, had to sit down on the sofa, promptly followed by Jan Bronski.
Talbol did whatever it is that Leathermakers do to cure a skin, using such herbs as he could find by the roadside, and finally Grycindil filled the empty body with aromatic preserving herbs that Talbol found for her, and strips of cloth and such light filling things, and sewed up the incisions that Narril had made.