incision
pronunciation
How to pronounce incision in British English:
UK [ɪnˈsɪʒn]
How to pronounce incision in American English:
US [ɪnˈsɪʒən]
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- Noun:
- a depression scratched or carved into a surface
- the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)
Word Origin
- incision (n.)
- late 14c., "a cutting made in surgery," from Old French incision (13c.) and directly from Latin incisionem (nominative incisio) "a cutting into," noun of action from past participle stem of incidere "to cut in," from in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + -cidere, comb. form of caedere "to cut" (see -cide). Meaning "act of cutting into" is from early 15c.
Example
- 1. The long scar from my first surgery looks like a hernia incision .
- 2. Traditionally , the appendix is removed through an incision in the right lower abdominal wall .
- 3. Scientists experimenting on a batch of them in hanover notice that after a limb has been amputated a layer of skin cells forms from the cells at the spot of the incision .
- 4. With no incision in the abdomen , you also eliminate the risk of hernias , which occur when part of the intestine pushes through the abdominal muscle .
- 5. The kidney was removed through a single incision in his bellybutton , a surgical procedure cleveland clinic doctors say will reduce recovery time and leave almost no scarring .