About The Word Incision

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Incision

Incision Meaning & Definition
Incision Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Incision?

[n] the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)
[n] a depression scratched or carved into a surface

Synonyms | Synonyms for Incision: dent | prick | scratch | section | slit | surgical incision

Related Terms | Find terms related to Incision: abrasion | abysm | abyss | arroyo | bezel | blaze | blemish | box canyon | breach | break | burn | burr | canyon | cavity | chafe | chamfer | chap | chase | chasm | check | chimney | chink | chip | chiseling | cleft | cleuch | clough | col | concussion | corrugation | coulee | couloir | crack | crackle | cranny | craze | crena | crevasse | crevice | cross-hatching | cut | cwm | dado | defile | dell | demitint | depression | dike | ditch | donga | draw | engravement | engraving | etch | etching | excavation | fault | fissure | flash burn | flaw | flume | flute | fluting | fracture | fray | frazzle | furrow | gall | gap | gape | gash | gem-engraving | glass-cutting | glyptic | gorge | gouge | graving | groove | gulch | gulf | gully | hack | half tint | hatching | hole | hurt | indentation | injury | inscript | inscription | jag | jog | joggle | joint | kerf | kloof | laceration | leak | lesion | line | lining | marking | microgroove | moat | mortal wound | mutilation | nick | nock | notch | nullah | opening | pass | passage | puncture | rabbet | ravine | rent | rifling | rift | rime | rip | ruck | run | rupture | rut | scald | scissure | scorch | score | scoring | scotch | scrape | scratch | scratching | scuff | seam | second-degree burn | slash | slashing | slit | slot | sore | split | stab | stab wound | stipple | stippling | streak | stria | striation | sulcation | sulcus | tear | third-degree burn | tint | tooling | trauma | trench | type-cutting | valley | void | wadi | well-worn groove | wound | wounds immedicable | wrench | wrinkle

See Also | cut | cutting | depression | gastromy | impression | imprint | keratotomy | laparotomy | nephrotomy | operation | orchotomy | perineotomy | phlebotomy | sclerotomy | score | scotch | surgery | surgical operation | surgical procedure | surgical process | valvotomy | valvulotomy | vasosection | vasotomy | venesection

Incision In Webster's Dictionary

\In*ci"sion\, n. [L. incisio: cf. F. incision. See {Incise}.] 1. The act of incising, or cutting into a substance. --Milton. 2. That which is produced by incising; the separation of the parts of any substance made by a cutting or pointed instrument; a cut; a gash. 3. Separation or solution of viscid matter by medicines. [Obs.]

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