SURGICAL INCISION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does surgical incision mean? 

• SURGICAL INCISION (noun)
  The noun SURGICAL INCISION has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SURGICAL INCISION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SURGICAL INCISION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

incision; section; surgical incision

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)

 Context examples 

A surgical incision made in the wall of the abdomen.

(Laparotomy, NCI Dictionary)

Scientists found that it can be used to block pain from the surgical incision selectively for approximately 10 days.

(Chemical from cactus-like plant shows promise in controlling surgical pain, while leaving touch and coordination intact, National Institutes of Health)

A break in the skin or other body tissues caused by injury or surgical incision (cut).

(Injury, NCI Dictionary)

A surgical incision line on the uterus that is transversely cut in relation to the lower uterine segment.

(Lower Uterine Segment Incision, NCI Thesaurus)

A surgical incision line that extends in a midline longitudinal axis of the uterus.

(Midline Longitudinal Uterine Incision, NCI Thesaurus)

A procedure in which a surgical incision (cut) is made through the skin to expose and remove tissues.

(Incisional biopsy, NCI Dictionary)

The distance between the radial extent of the tumor and the surgical incision used to excise the tumor.

(Circumferential Resection Margin, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of abortion where the product of conception is accessed through a surgical incision on the corpus uteri intended to terminate the pregnancy.

(Hysterotomy Abortion, NCI Thesaurus)

A surgical procedure to extend the length of an initial surgical incision.

(Enlargement Of Surgical Incision, NCI Thesaurus)

A surgical incision made on the uterus to access the uterine cavity.

(Hysterotomy, NCI Thesaurus)