'Incision' definitions:
Definition of 'incision'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Incision'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'incision'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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