as in slit
a long deep cut the surgeon made a thin incision with the scalpel

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Recent Examples of incision Mounting Carefully pull the skin over the form and sew up the open incision. Beka Garris, Outdoor Life, 20 Nov. 2024 Starting from top of incision, swing knife tip down to create am4- to 5-inch pocket within flesh. Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 11 Nov. 2024 Doc Odd does a penknife incision to the man’s neck (hate this) and brings him down to the sick bay to insert a tracheal tube and physically wrench his sternoclavicular joint back into place, which the nurses find very risky. Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024 Do not submerge the incision site in water (e.g., swimming, taking a bath). Carisa Brewster, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for incision 

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“Incision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incision. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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