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incision

[in-sizh-uhn] / ɪnˈsɪʒ ən /


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Other options include a “J-incision aortic valve replacement” that he developed involving an incision of about 3 inches in the breastbone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

“I feel a lot better now,” said Scott, who hadn’t pitched in the playoffs before having an abscess incision on Oct.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025

Surgeons then make a small incision and the piece is removed.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2025

Razor-sharp teeth and surgical precision allow the bats to make an incision in an animal, such as in the hock of a cow, without the animal feeling it.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

With an incising awl, he inscribed the leather-hard clay—a simple chrysanthemum design, far cruder than much of the elaborate incision work for which the potters of Ch’ulp’o were known.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park




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