Incision

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Incision \In*ci"sion\, n. [L. incisio: cf. F. incision. See
     {Incise}.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. 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.


        --Milton.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     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; specifically (Med.) the cut in
        the skin made during surgery to gain access to the
        interior of the body.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     3. Separation or solution of viscid matter by medicines.
        [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  incision
       n 1: a depression scratched or carved into a surface [syn: {scratch},
             {prick}, {slit}, {dent}]
       2: the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by
          a surgeon as part of an operation) [syn: {section}, {surgical
          incision}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  167 Moby Thesaurus words for "incision":
     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