incision

noun
🔊/ɪnˈsɪʒn/
🔊/ɪnˈsɪʒn/
[countable, uncountable]
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  1. a sharp cut made in something, particularly during a medical operation; the act of making a cut in something割口;(尤指手术的)切口;切开
    • Make a small incision below the ribs.在肋骨下方切开一个小口。🔊🔊
    Topics Medicinec2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • deep
    • large
    • small
    verb + incision
    • make
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin incisio(n-), from Latin incidere ‘cut into’, from in- ‘into’ + caedere ‘to cut’.