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noun

Incision n.

The act of incising, or cutting into a substance; specifically: (Med.) The cutting action made during surgery to gain access to the body parts under the skin.

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; specifically (Med.) The cut in the skin made during surgery to gain access to the interior of the body.

Separation or solution of viscid matter by medicines. (Obs.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Incision" Quotes from Famous Books

... rebounded with the hollow vibration of a drumstick from the shaven sconce of the abbot of Rubygill; and the third pitched perpendicularly into the centre of a venison pasty in which Robin Hood was making incision. ...

— Maid Marian • Thomas Love Peacock

... like niello: little channels for the design were hollowed out, in the iron or bronze, and then a wire of brass, silver, or gold, was laid in the groove, and beaten into place, being afterwards polished until the surface was uniform all over. One great feature of the art was to sink the incision a little broader at the base than at the top, and then to force the softer metal in, so that, by this undercutting, it was held firmly in place. Cellini tells of his first view of damascened steel blades. "I chanced," he says, "to become possessed of certain little Turkish ...

— Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages • Julia De Wolf Addison

... better for the cook to fillet the soles, for there is often much waste when it is done by the fishmonger. Having skinned the fish, with a sharp knife make an incision down the spine-bone from the head to the tail, and then along the fins; press the knife between the flesh and the bone, bearing rather hard against the latter, and the fillets will then be readily removed. These can now be dressed in a variety of ways; perhaps the most delicate ...

— Nelson's Home Comforts - Thirteenth Edition • Mary Hooper

... be necessary in order to save life, to have a physician make an opening by incision into the windpipe for the admission of air into the lungs. ...

— Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers - of the United States and Canada • T. J. Ritter

... quite recovered, after an incision of many inches in his knee. Ranby(680) did not dare to propose that a hero should be tied, but was frightened out of his senses when the hero would hold the candle himself, which none of his generals could bear to do: in the middle of ...

— The Letters of Horace Walpole Volume 3 • Horace Walpole

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