Definition of "incision" []

• The act of incising. (noun)
• Medicine A cut into a body tissue or organ, especially one made during surgery. (noun)
• Medicine The scar resulting from such a cut. (noun)
• A notch, as in the edge of a leaf. (noun)
• The condition or quality of being incisive; incisiveness. (noun)

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• "The top part of the incision is a bit bumpy, as you can see, so I spend a lot of time massaging it really hard to break up the collagen fibers."
• "Under epidural anesthesia a 3-mm skin incision was made, and with continuous ultrasound guidance, the RFA needle device was carefully directed to where the blood supply entered the abnormal parabiotic tissue mass."
• "Under epidural anesthesia, a 3-mm skin incision was made under continuous ultrasound guidance, and a 3-mm trocar sheath passed into the common amniotic cavity."