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incision
[in-sizh-uhn]
noun
a cut, gash, or notch.
the act of incising.
a cutting into, especially for surgical purposes.
incisiveness; keenness.
incision
/ ɪˈɪə /
noun
the act of incising
a cut, gash, or notch
a cut made with a knife during a surgical operation
any indentation in an incised leaf
rareincisiveness
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Example Sentences
“They’re calling about their incision sites, which are bleeding. Their child has asthma, and the instructions for the medications are not clear.”
And when coaches asked about the scar from his procedure, he lifted his shirt to show a long vertical incision running up the length of his chest.
Jurors were told the victim required three operations before being moved to critical care, and he remained in a medically induced coma after sustaining incision wounds to his liver and pancreas.
But when the bandage came off a few weeks later, Jodee saw two scars instead of one on the inside of her child's leg when they had been told it would be just one incision.
The researchers' new balloon is similar to a traditional gastric balloon, but it is inserted into the stomach through an incision in the abdominal wall.
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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. Sometimes, incision refers to the scar resulting from such a cut.Incision is the noun form of the verb incise, meaning to cut into. The noun form incision is more commonly used.More generally, incision can refer to any cut or gash, but it is primarily used to refer to surgical incisions.Example: The surgeon explained that she would need to make three small incisions in my abdomen in order to remove my appendix.
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