| Pronunciation: | | in'sizhun
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| Matching Terms: | | incisional biopsy
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | dent, prick, scratch, section, slit, surgical incision |
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| | 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 |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A cut made in the body during surgery. |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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