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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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... explained, as he prepared to make an incision in Elaine's arm and in the arm of the ...

— The Exploits of Elaine • Arthur B. Reeve

... do, and so engravers were not allowed to exhibit at the Royal Academy and were given no honors at all. Edwin's father thought this was not right, and gave several lectures in defense of the art. He said that engraving is a kind of "sculpture performed by incision." His talks were of no avail at the time, but within a year after his death the engravers received ...

— Stories Pictures Tell - Book Four • Flora L. Carpenter

... of the plant contain a thick, yellow, milky juice which constitutes the gamboge. In Malabar, Ceylon, Canara and Singapore the following method of extraction is followed: At the beginning of the rainy season a spiral incision is made around the bark of about half the tree trunk, and a piece of bamboo is fixed in place to collect the juice which slowly exudes from the cut for several months, soon becoming viscid and then solid after contact with the air. One ...

— The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines • T. H. Pardo de Tavera

... the skin back from the neck, and cut it off close to the body, take out the windpipe and pull out the crop from the end of the neck. Make an incision through the skin a little below the leg-joint, bend the leg at this point and break off the bone. If care has been taken to cut only through the skin, the tendons of the leg may now be easily removed ...

— Science in the Kitchen. • Mrs. E. E. Kellogg

... girth, when he flew away of his own accord laden with blood. On rolling up my flannel pyjamas to see the fountain whence the fly had drawn the fluid, I discovered it to be a little above the left knee, by a crimson bead resting over the incision. After wiping the blood the wound was similar to that caused by a deep thrust of a fine needle, but all pain had vanished with the departure ...

— How I Found Livingstone • Sir Henry M. Stanley

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