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incision

1. a cut made with a knife during a surgical operation

2. any indentation in an incised leaf

incision [in′sizh·ən]

(medicine)

A cut or wound of the body tissue, as an abdominal incision or a vertical or oblique incision.

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No references found			The brain it was customary to withdraw through the nose; the intestines through an incision in the side; the body was then shaved, washed, and salted; then laid aside for several weeks, when the operation of embalming, properly so called, began. Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context I want your assistance, my good sir, to hold the patient’s arm while I make an incision for the ball. The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context He was evidently engaged in "belting" the tree, and his first incision had been on the side nearest to the water. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context			Inchon inchworm incidence incidence angle incidence function incidence matrix incidence plane incident incident field intensity incident light incident power incident response incident wave incidental element Incidental Music INCIN incineration incinerator incipient decay incipient species incircle Incirrata incise incised incised meander incision incisional hernia incisive canal incisive foramen incisive fossa incisor INCL inclination inclination of axis Inclination of Orbit inclination of planetary orbits inclination of the wind incline incline shaft inclined bedding inclined cableway inclined contact inclined drilling inclined end post inclined extinction inclined lift inclined orbit inclined plane inclined shore inclined skip hoist inclined-axis mixer			incisal, angle guide incisal, angle guide incisal, angle guide incisal, angle guide incise incise incise incise incised incised incised incised incised meander incised meanders Incised Ware Incised Ware Group incised wound incised wound incised wound incised wound Incisely incises incises incises incises incisiform incising incising incising incising incision incision & drainage Incision and Drain Incision and drainage Incision and drainage Incision and drainage Incision and drainage Incision and drainage incision biopsy Incision Network incision of food incision of food incision of food incision of food incision site care incision site care incision site care incision site care Incision Site Tissue Necrosis incisional incisional incisional incisional incisional biopsy incisional biopsy incisional biopsy Incisional Harvesting incisional hernia incisional hernia incisional hernia incisions

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