Associations to the word «Incision»

Wiktionary

INCISION, noun. A cut, especially one made by a scalpel or similar medical tool in the context of surgical operation.
INCISION, noun. The act of incising, or cutting into a substance.
INCISION, noun. (obsolete) Separation or solution of viscid matter by medicines.

Dictionary definition

INCISION, noun. A depression scratched or carved into a surface.
INCISION, noun. The cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation).

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope