incision
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More surgical options have emerged too, such as smaller incisions in the chest, or a robotic surgery that involves a smaller incision on a person’s side near the armpit.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
“They’re calling about their incision sites, which are bleeding. Their child has asthma, and the instructions for the medications are not clear.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2025
But when the bandage came off a few weeks later, Jodee saw two scars instead of one on the inside of her child's leg when they had been told it would be just one incision.
From BBC • Dec. 18, 2024
The team found that between around 11,500 and four thousand years ago, the Nile experienced significant valley incision, meaning the river cut down into its bed, creating deep channels and a narrower flood plain.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2024
Was there a way to pinpoint its location so that they could make an incision directly above that spot?
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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The Giver
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