- The act of incising.
- Medicine.
- A cut into a body tissue or organ, especially one made during surgery.
- The scar resulting from such a cut.
- A notch, as in the edge of a leaf.
- The condition or quality of being incisive; incisiveness.
Dictionary:
in·ci·sion (ĭn-sĭzh'ən) ![]() |
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noun
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1. a cut or a wound made by a sharp instrument.
2. the act of cutting.
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The doctor made a small incision to remove her appendix.
| Translations: Incision |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - indskæring, snit, hak, incision
Français (French)
n. - (Méd) incision, (Bot) incisure
Deutsch (German)
n. - Einschnitt, Einschneiden
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (εν)τομή, (εγ)χάραξη, χαραματιά
Português (Portuguese)
n. - incisão (f)
Русский (Russian)
разрезание, проникновение
Español (Spanish)
n. - incisión, corte, cortadura
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - inskärning, skåra, snitt
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
切成开口, 雕刻, 切割
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 切成開口, 雕刻, 切割
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 切り込み, 切り目, 切り口, 切開
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) جرح, شق
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - חיתוך, חתך, חריץ
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