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US
/ˌɪnˈsɪʒən/
]
[ UK /ɪnsˈɪʒən/ ]
[ UK /ɪnsˈɪʒən/ ]
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)
How To Use incision In A Sentence
- Another protuberance outlined with two vertical incisions serves as a nose, and a horizontal slash suggests a mouth.
- Sterile scissors are then used to make a horizontal incision through the skin and orbicularis muscle at the lateral canthal angle 1 cm toward the lateral orbital rim (left image).
- The surgeon makes a horizontal incision 2 cm from the patient's midline on the contralateral side and extends on the ipsilateral side of the neck to the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle.
- After prepping and draping the patient's extremity, the surgeon makes a stab incision and inserts the arthroscope into the knee joint through a standard inferolateral portal.
- The single-incision surgery team at SLU Hospital has already performed a number of gastrointestinal procedures, including appendectomies, gall bladder removals and partial colectomies. Newswise: Latest News
- After the surgeon makes the initial skin incision and ensures hemostasis, he or she incises the subcutaneous tissue.
- bandage an incision
- Two surgical incisions are used in carotid artery endarterectomies.
- The incision was sutured and the animal was monitored during the recovery period before it was returned to its tank.
- The incision is directed towards the ipsilateral ischial tuberosity, away from the anal sphincter.
