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    incision
    /ɪnˈsɪʒn/

    noun

    • 1. a surgical cut made in skin or flesh: "an abdominal incision" Similar cutopeningslit

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  2. an opening that is made in something with a sharp tool, especially in someone's body during an operation: make an incision The surgeon makes a small incision into which a tube is inserted. [ C ] medical specialized. a wound or scar made by a surgical cut. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Medical treatment: surgery. ablate. adenoidectomy

  3. The meaning of INCISION is cut, gash; specifically : a wound made especially in surgery by incising the body. How to use incision in a sentence.

  4. an opening that is made in something with a sharp tool, especially in someone's body during an operation: make an incision The surgeon makes a small incision into which a tube is inserted. [ C ] medical specialized. a wound or scar made by a surgical cut. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Medical treatment: surgery. ablate. adenoidectomy

  5. An incision is a surgical cut. A doctor uses a scalpel to make an incision in a patient's skin. An incision usually refers to a cut that's made during surgery, like an abdominal incision made by a surgeon during a gall bladder operation.

  6. An incision is a sharp cut made in something, for example by a surgeon who is operating on a patient.

  7. 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. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

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  10. An incision is a cut made into the body during surgery. Traditionally, incisions are made with surgical instruments like scalpels . However, they can also be made with lasers or robotic tools.

  11. 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.