incision
noun
in·ci·sion
in-ˈsi-zhən 
Examples of incision in a Sentence
the surgeon made a thin incision with the scalpel
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Mounting Carefully pull the skin over the form and sew up the open incision.
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Beka Garris, Outdoor Life, 20 Nov. 2024
Starting from top of incision, swing knife tip down to create am4- to 5-inch pocket within flesh.
—Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 11 Nov. 2024
Doc Odd does a penknife incision to the man’s neck (hate this) and brings him down to the sick bay to insert a tracheal tube and physically wrench his sternoclavicular joint back into place, which the nurses find very risky.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
Do not submerge the incision site in water (e.g., swimming, taking a bath).
—Carisa Brewster, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
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Beka Garris, Outdoor Life, 20 Nov. 2024
Starting from top of incision, swing knife tip down to create am4- to 5-inch pocket within flesh.
—Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 11 Nov. 2024
Doc Odd does a penknife incision to the man’s neck (hate this) and brings him down to the sick bay to insert a tracheal tube and physically wrench his sternoclavicular joint back into place, which the nurses find very risky.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
Do not submerge the incision site in water (e.g., swimming, taking a bath).
—Carisa Brewster, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for incision
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“Incision.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incision. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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incision
noun
in·ci·sion
in-ˈsizh-ən
1
: a cut or gash made in something
especially
: a cut made into the body during surgery
removed the diseased appendix through a small incision
2
: an act of cutting into something
watched the surgeon's skillful incision
Medical Definition
incision
noun
in·ci·sion
in-ˈsizh-ən
1
: a cut or wound of body tissue made especially in surgery
2
: an act of incising something
the surgeon's incision of the tissues
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