The Collaborative International Dictionary
Intercision
Intercision \In`ter*ci"sion\, n. [L. intercisio a cutting
through, fr. intercidere to cut asunder.]
A cutting off, through, or asunder; interruption. [R.]
--Sir
T. Browne.
Usage examples of "intercision".
I have also heard the word intercision, but what it refers to I could not say.
We're investigating what happens when the intercision is made with the patient in a conscious state, and of course that couldn't be done with the Maystadt process.
The energy of the bomb came from cutting the link between human and daemon, and that meant the hideous process of intercision: the cages of mesh, the silver guillotine.