incise
Carve into surface
To incise is to cut into a surface with a sharp instrument, making a precise mark or opening.
Surgeons incise tissue; engravers incise metal or stone.
The word emphasizes deliberate, controlled cutting rather than slashing or tearing: The design was incised into the wooden panel.
An incision is the resulting cut.
Incise a surface
- engraveCarve designs permanently
- inscribeCarve letters into surface
- chiselEdged carving implement
- burinPointed engraving implement
intaglio · score · groove · scribe · woodcut · linocut · drypoint · aquatint
Edged carving implement
- sculptShape by carving
- gougeConcave carving blade
- whittleCarve by shaving layers
- bas-reliefSculpture projecting slightly
notch · fluting · fretwork · relief · woodcarving · stonecutting · cameo · channel
Precise surgical knife
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
- resectionSurgical tissue removal
- biopsyTissue sample for diagnosis
- laparotomyAbdominal cavity access cut
surgeon · suture · hemostasis · cauterize · sterile · clamps · retractor · ligature
etch
Incise a surface
burin · intaglio · score · groove · scribe · woodcut · linocut · drypoint · aquatint · mezzotint
chisel
Edged carving implement
bas-relief · notch · fluting · fretwork · relief · woodcarving · stonecutting · cameo · channel · furrow
scalpel
Precise surgical knife
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
- resectionSurgical tissue removal
- biopsyTissue sample for diagnosis
laparotomy · surgeon · suture · hemostasis · cauterize · sterile · clamps · retractor · ligature · lancet
exactitude
Perfect correctness in detail
- meticulousShowing extreme attention to detail
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- sharpnessKeenness of edge, mind, or image
dexterity · finesse · detail · delicate · fine · clean-cut · controlled · careful
- clean incision
- surgical incisionCut made during operation
- first incision
incisive, incision, incisor, incised, incising, incisiveness, incisions, incisively, incises