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incision

[in-sizh-uhn] / ɪnˈsɪʒ ən /


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Incision was closed completely leaving small rubber tubing as drain.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is an evacuation of Blood procur'd by the artificial Incision of a Vein or Artery, with a design to restore Health.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel

To prevent such Consequences, if the penetrating Substance is still near the Surface, and an expert Surgeon is at Hand, he must immediately make a small Incision, and thence extract it.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)

Incision: any cut into a margin or through a surface: the marginal slits or notches in Coccidae.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Incision and expression of the contents, and touching the base of the cavity with silver nitrate.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman




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