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Definition of: incision
(in·sizh′ən) noun
1. The act of incising.
2. An opening made with a cutting instrument: a cut; gash.
3. Surg. A division of soft parts with a cutting instrument, as in an operation.
4. Sharpness; incisiveness; trenchancy.
5. A slit or notch, having the appearance of a cut, as in the margin of a leaf, a butterfly's wing, etc. [<OF <L incisio, -onis]
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