incision
noun
1 incision
A depression scratched or carved into a surface.
synonyms: dent, prick, scratch, slit.
Roget 44:
disjunction,
disconnection,
disunity,
disunion,
disassociation,
disengagement;
discontinuity
etc.
70;
abjunction†;
cataclasm†;
inconnection†;
abstraction,
abstractedness;
isolation;
insularity,
insulation;
oasis;
island;
separateness
etc.
adj.;
severalty;
disjecta membra [Lat.];
dispersion
etc.
73;
apportionment
etc.
786.
separation;
parting
etc.
v.;
circumcision;
detachment,
segregation;
divorce,
sejunction†,
seposition†,
diduction†,
diremption†,
discerption†;
elision;
caesura,
break,
fracture,
division,
subdivision,
rupture;
compartition†;
dismemberment,
dislocation;
luxation†;
severance,
disseverance;
scission;
rescission,
abscission;
laceration,
dilaceration†;
disruption,
abruption†;
avulsion†,
divulsion†;
section,
resection,
cleavage;
fission;
partibility†,
separability.
fissure,
breach,
rent,
split,
rift,
crack,
slit,
incision.
dissection anatomy;
decomposition
etc.
49;
cutting instrument
etc.
(sharpness)
253;
buzzsaw,
circular saw,
rip saw.
separatist.
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Roget 259:
furrow,
groove,
rut,
sulcus [Anat.],
scratch,
streak,
striae,
crack,
score,
incision,
slit;
chamfer,
fluting;
corduroy road,
cradle hole.
channel,
gutter,
trench,
ditch,
dike,
dyke;
moat,
fosse†,
trough,
kennel;
ravine
etc.
(interval)
198;
tajo [U.S.],
thank-ye-ma'am [U.S.].
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2 incision
The cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation).
synonyms: section, surgical incision.
Moby thesaurus: abrasion, abysm, abyss, arroyo, bezel, blaze, blemish, box canyon, breach, break, burn, burr, canyon, cavity, chafe, chamfer, chap, chase, chasm, check, chimney, chink, chip, chiseling, cleft, cleuch, clough, col, concussion, corrugation, coulee, couloir, crack, crackle, cranny, craze, crena, crevasse, crevice, cross-hatching, cut, cwm, dado, defile, dell, demitint, depression, dike, ditch, donga, draw, engravement, engraving, etch, etching, excavation, fault, fissure, flash burn, flaw, flume, flute, fluting, fracture, fray, frazzle, furrow, gall, gap, gape, gash, gem-engraving, glass-cutting, glyptic, gorge, gouge, graving, groove, gulch, gulf, gully, hack, half tint, hatching, hole, hurt, indentation, injury, inscript, inscription, jag, jog, joggle, joint, kerf, kloof, laceration, leak, lesion, line, lining, marking, microgroove, moat, mortal wound, mutilation, nick, nock, notch, nullah, opening, pass, passage, puncture, rabbet, ravine, rent, rifling, rift, rime, rip, ruck, run, rupture, rut, scald, scissure, scorch, score, scoring, scotch, scrape, scratch, scratching, scuff, seam, second-degree burn, slash, slashing, slit, slot, sore, split, stab, stab wound, stipple, stippling, streak, stria, striation, sulcation, sulcus, tear, third-degree burn, tint, tooling, trauma, trench, type-cutting, valley, void, wadi, well-worn groove, wound, wounds immedicable, wrench, wrinkle ... show more.
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