Incision Definition

ĭn-sĭzhən
incisions
noun
incisions
The act of incising.
American Heritage
The act or result of incising; cut; gash.
Webster's New World
A cut made into tissue or an organ.
Webster's New World
A deep notch, as in the edge of a leaf.
Webster's New World
The condition or quality of being incisive; incisiveness.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Incision

Noun

Singular:
incision
Plural:
incisions

Origin of Incision

  • From Old French incision, from Late Latin incisio.

    From Wiktionary

Incision Sentence Examples

  • Then make a free incision into the wound.

  • Non-invasive Procedure which does not require incision into the body or the removal of tissue.

  • By a horizontal incision on each side of the body a large ventral area has been separated and turned over, as it were on a hinge, to the animal's left side.

  • In the East, even now, one who wishes to create a blood tie between himself and his followers and cement them to himself, makes under his left breast an incision from which they each in turn suck his blood.

  • Except within the context of research, the uterine incision should be sutured with two layers.

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Words Starting With

IININC

Words Ending With

NONION

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Words Starting With I and Ending With N

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