incision

in-ci-sion · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A surgical cut made in skin or flesh.

  2. 2.

    The act of cutting into something.

  3. 3.

    A cut or notch made in an edge or surface.

Forms

plural: incisions

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    make an incision — to cut surgically
  • •
    surgical incision — a cut made during surgery
  • •
    clean incision — a neat, precise cut

Related words

See also: cut, incise, incisive
Synonyms: cut, gash, slash, slit

Etymology

From Latin incisio, from incidere ("to cut into"), from in- ("into") + caedere ("to cut").