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SURGICAL INCISION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)

Synonyms:

incision; section; surgical incision

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("surgical incision" is a kind of...):

cut; cutting (the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "surgical incision"):

gastromy (surgical incision into the stomach)

perineotomy (surgical incision into the perineum)

laparotomy (surgical incision into the abdominal wall; often done to examine abdominal organs)

orchotomy (surgical incision into the testis to obtain material for analysis (as in cases of abnormally low sperm count))

sclerotomy (surgical incision of the sclerotic coat of the eye)

nephrotomy (incision into a kidney (usually to remove a kidney stone))

thoracotomy (surgical incision into the chest walls opening up the pleural cavity)

valvotomy; valvulotomy (incision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction)

phlebotomy; venesection (surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis)

vasosection; vasotomy (surgical incision into or division of the vas deferens)

Holonyms ("surgical incision" is a part of...):

operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)

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 Context examples: 

Surgical incision into the eardrum.

(Myringotomy, NCI Thesaurus)