incision

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incision

a surgical cut into soft tissue; a notch as in the edge of a leaf

Not to be confused with:

abscission – an act of cutting off; the process by which plant parts, such as leaves, are shed

in·ci·sion

(ĭn-sĭzh′ən)

1. The act of incising.

2. Medicine

a. A cut into a body tissue or organ, especially one made during surgery.

b. The scar resulting from such a cut.

3. A notch, as in the edge of a leaf.

4. The condition or quality of being incisive; incisiveness.

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incision

(ɪnˈsɪʒən)

1. the act of incising

2. a cut, gash, or notch

3. (Surgery) a cut made with a knife during a surgical operation

4. (Botany) any indentation in an incised leaf

5. rare incisiveness

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in•ci•sion

(ɪnˈsɪʒ ən)

n.

1. a cut, gash, or notch.

2. the act of incising.

3. a surgical cut into a tissue or organ.

4. incisiveness; keenness.

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Noun	1.	incision - a depression scratched or carved into a surface dent, prick, scratch, slit imprint, impression, depression - a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" scotch, score - a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
	2.	incision - the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation) surgical incision, section cutting, cut - the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge; "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels" surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery" gastromy - surgical incision into the stomach perineotomy - surgical incision into the perineum laparotomy - surgical incision into the abdominal wall; often done to examine abdominal organs orchotomy - surgical incision into the testis to obtain material for analysis (as in cases of abnormally low sperm count) sclerotomy - surgical incision of the sclerotic coat of the eye nephrotomy - incision into a kidney (usually to remove a kidney stone) thoracotomy - surgical incision into the chest walls opening up the pleural cavity valvotomy, valvulotomy - incision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction phlebotomy, venesection - surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis vasosection, vasotomy - surgical incision into or division of the vas deferens

incision

noun cut, opening, slash, notch, slit, gash It involves making a tiny incision in the skin.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

incision

noun

The result of cutting:

cut, gash, slash, slice, slit, split.

Translations

شَق ، قَطْعقَطْع

incizeřez

indsnitsnit

Einschnitt

incision

bemetszésmetszés

skurîur

incisione incisivamente incisivo dente incisivo

priekinis dantis

iegriezumsincīzija, griezums

innskjæring innsnitt

incíziarezák

kesik kesme

切口切开

incision

[ɪnˈsɪʒən] N → incisión f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

incision

[ɪnˈsɪʒ^ən] n → incision f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

incision

n → Schnitt m; (Med) → Einschnitt m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

incision

[ɪnˈsɪʒ/ən] n → incisione f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

incision

(inˈsiʒən) noun

1. a cut, especially one made in a person's body by a surgeon.

2. the act of cutting especially by a surgeon.

incisor (inˈsaizə) noun

one of the four front cutting teeth in the upper or lower jaw.

in·ci·sion

n. incisión, corte, cortadura;

___ biopsy → biopsia de corte parcial.

incision

n incisión f, herida; — and drainage (I&D) incisión y drenaje

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He was evidently engaged in "belting" the tree, and his first incision had been on the side nearest to the water.

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The sap flows from an incision made high up in the tree into a vessel hung there to receive it, and soon hardens into the substance called camphor, but the tree itself withers up and dies when it has been so treated.

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The brain it was customary to withdraw through the nose; the intestines through an incision in the side; the body was then shaved, washed, and salted; then laid aside for several weeks, when the operation of embalming, properly so called, began.

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I want your assistance, my good sir, to hold the patient’s arm while I make an incision for the ball.

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At that time the world at large seemed to have a passion for appendicitis, and a good many cases came to the operating theatre for this complaint: the surgeon for whom Philip dressed was in friendly rivalry with a colleague as to which could remove an appendix in the shortest time and with the smallest incision.

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"Look," he continued, drawing his dagger and making an incision in the carcass a foot above the root of the sting, from which he presently drew forth two sacs, each of which held fully a gallon of the deadly liquid.

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When we stopped the operation, he attended to Lucy, whilst I applied digital pressure to my own incision. I laid down, while I waited his leisure to attend to me, for I felt faint and a little sick.

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If it be cut down within half a foot of the ground and several incisions made in the stump, each will put out a new sprout, which, if transplanted, will take root and grow to a tree.

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The flesh on the corpse was not as thick as the back of a knife, and incisions in it brought not one drop of blood.

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Their hair, divided into a great number of small tresses, fell over their shoulders, and by means of black-and-blue incisions they had tattooed their cheeks from the temples to the mouth.

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The arch-heretics of the Middle Ages had already made large incisions into Catholicism.

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The complicated but symmetrical figures covering the whole face, puzzle and mislead an unaccustomed eye: it is moreover probable, that the deep incisions, by destroying the play of the superficial muscles, give an air of rigid inflexibility.