Definitions for incision

incision in·ci·sion

Spelling: [in-sizh-uh n]
IPA: /ɪnˈsɪʒ ən/

Incision is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 74 anagrams from letters in incision (ciiinnos).

Definitions for incision

noun

  1. a cut, gash, or notch.
  2. the act of incising.
  3. a cutting into, especially for surgical purposes.
  4. incisiveness; keenness.

Origin of incision

1350-1400; Middle English Latin incīsiōn- (stem of incīsiō). See incise, -ion

Examples for incision

He rejects opening of the head by an incision because of the danger of it.

Slow at first, then steadily, a stream of liquid drips off the incision.

Allowance must be made for this projection in commencing the incision.

The surgeon proceeded with the incision—as long as he was able.

They may be operated on by means of incision or extirpation.

The amputation, the incision, the probing had to be done then and there, on the instant.

It is not necessary to sew up this incision in a long feathered specimen.

That type of incision is rarely performed on large breasts, according to Levine.

The incision is to stop at least half-an-inch below the internal malleolus.

At first I made an incision into the skin, after the manner of surgeons when amputating a limb.

Word Value for incision
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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