incising
Making sharp cuts
Incising is cutting into a surface with a sharp instrument, especially to create lines, patterns, or inscisions.
The term appears in surgical contexts incising the tissue to access the tumor and in art and craft incising designs into wet clay.
The action implies deliberate, precise cutting rather than slashing or tearing.
Pointed engraving implement
- drypointNeedle-scratched printmaking method
- aquatintTonal etching process
- intaglioCarving cut below surface
- copperplateFormal looped penmanship
zinc · needle · acid · etchant · ferric · resist · stipple · mezzotint
Edged carving implement
- gougeConcave carving blade
- woodcutRelief print from timber
- bas-reliefSculpture projecting slightly
- reliefEasing of distress
sculpture · inlay · cameo · engraving · whittling · mallet · sculptor · frieze
Precise surgical knife
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
- resectionSurgical tissue removal
- laparotomyAbdominal cavity access cut
- surgeonPhysician who operates
sterile · suturing · hemostasis · anesthesia · forceps · retractor · clamps · ligature
Concentrated light device
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- sharpnessKeenness of edge, mind, or image
- delicacyRefined sensitivity or rarity
- finesseSubtle, deft handling
dexterity · meticulousness · exactitude · detail · craftsmanship · control · steady · fine
burin
Pointed engraving implement
- drypointNeedle-scratched printmaking method
- aquatintTonal etching process
- intaglioCarving cut below surface
copperplate · zinc · needle · acid · etchant · ferric · resist · stipple · mezzotint · printmaking
chisel
Edged carving implement
- gougeConcave carving blade
- woodcutRelief print from timber
- bas-reliefSculpture projecting slightly
relief · sculpture · inlay · cameo · engraving · whittling · mallet · sculptor · frieze · totem
scalpel
Precise surgical knife
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
- resectionSurgical tissue removal
- laparotomyAbdominal cavity access cut
surgeon · sterile · suturing · hemostasis · anesthesia · forceps · retractor · clamps · ligature · coagulation
laser
Concentrated light device
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- sharpnessKeenness of edge, mind, or image
- delicacyRefined sensitivity or rarity
finesse · dexterity · meticulousness · exactitude · detail · craftsmanship · control · steady · fine · careful
- woodworkingwoodworking, wood, saw, hammer, drill
- cuttingslicing, slice, chopping, dice, dicing
- precision actionsaiming, threading, stitching, suturing, calibrating
- engravingburin, etching, graver, copper plates, intaglio
- stone carvingpetroglyph, epigraphy, bas-relief, marble carving, stele
- fresco techniquesgiornata, arriccio, wet plaster, pouncing, lime wash
incisingfilling
Material placed within
depositing · building up · applying · layering · embossing
- clean incision
- surgical incisionCut made during operation
- first incision