| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 1,763,554,984 visitors served. |
|
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
incision |
Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Wikipedia, Hutchinson | 0.02 sec. |
|
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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| ? Mentioned in | ? References in periodicals archive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Meera Viswanathan, senior health analyst at RTI International, concludes that any possible benefits of the procedure do not outweigh the fact that many women would have had less injury without the surgical incision. Despite decades of evidence that antimicrobial drugs should be given within one hour before the surgical incision, this only occurs around 50% of the time, according to a study published in Archives of Surgery. Cataract surgery might get a little easier thanks to a transparent gel that seals surgical incisions in the eye better than standard sutures do. |
| Encyclopedia |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup | Partner with us |
|---|