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# incision

«incision» in Mova's school dictionary: **a careful cut made into something, especially a cut a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an incision, incisions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An incision is a careful cut made into something, especially a cut a surgeon makes into the body during an operation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incision/#m1)

2) An incision is a neat cut or notch made with a sharp tool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incision/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In health lessons and hospital stories a surgeon makes an incision, then closes it with stitches. In science, «incisors» (front teeth) come from the same Latin word for cutting. In crafts and cooking an incision is a small precise cut. Phrases: «make an incision», «a small incision», «surgical incision».

### examples

- The surgeon made a small incision to take out the appendix. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incision/#x1)
- After the operation the incision was closed with stitches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incision/#x2)
- Keep the incision clean and dry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incision/#x3)
- The vet made an incision in the dog's paw to remove the thorn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incision/#x4)
- The chef made an incision in each sausage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incision/#x5)
- The scar from the incision faded over time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incision/#x6)

### note

Countable: one incision, two incisions. Formal or medical word; in everyday talk people say «cut». Related: «incisor» (a front tooth), «incisive» (sharp and clear, of a comment). Sounds like «in-SIZH-un».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «incision» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incision/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.