incision
Deliberate medical cut
An incision is a cut made deliberately, especially a surgical cut into body tissue: The surgeon made a small incision below the ribcage.
The word implies precision and intent—a knife wound from an attack wouldn't be called an incision.
Figuratively, incisive analysis cuts cleanly to the heart of a matter.
Permanent mark from healing
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- closureSense of emotional resolution
- suturesMedical wound closures
- stitchesThread fastening wounds
bandage · dressing · granulation · regeneration · tissue · wound care · antiseptic · inflammation
Severance or reduction
- slitNarrow elongated opening
- slicePortion cut off
- gashDeep, ragged incision
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
notch · groove · cleave · bisect · dissect · carve · sever · open
Precise surgical knife
- sutureMedical wound closure
- laparotomyAbdominal cavity access cut
- biopsyTissue sample for diagnosis
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
anesthesia · sterile · resection · surgeon · operating · hemostasis · clamps · ligature
Fine-edged, or astute
- stingingCausing sharp pain
- sorenessTender, painful sensation
- burningCombustion in progress
- discomfortMild physical or mental distress
tenderness · sensitivity · throbbing · smarting · ache · raw · irritation · postoperative
Degree of correctness
- exactitudePerfect correctness in detail
- meticulousnessExtreme carefulness in details
- dexteritySkillful hand coordination
- finesseSubtle, deft handling
sharpness · control · steady · measured · calculated · deliberate · clean · neat
scar
Permanent mark from healing
stitches · bandage · dressing · granulation · regeneration · tissue · wound care · antiseptic · inflammation · collagen
cut
Severance or reduction
score · notch · groove · cleave · bisect · dissect · carve · sever · open · pierce
scalpel
Precise surgical knife
- sutureMedical wound closure
- laparotomyAbdominal cavity access cut
- biopsyTissue sample for diagnosis
dissection · anesthesia · sterile · resection · surgeon · operating · hemostasis · clamps · ligature · laparoscope
sharp
Fine-edged, or astute
discomfort · tenderness · sensitivity · throbbing · smarting · ache · raw · irritation · postoperative · localized
accuracy
Degree of correctness
- exactitudePerfect correctness in detail
- meticulousnessExtreme carefulness in details
- dexteritySkillful hand coordination
finesse · sharpness · control · steady · measured · calculated · deliberate · clean · neat · skilled
- cuttingslicing, slice, chopping, dice, dicing
- embalmingembalming, embalmer, embalming fluid, formaldehyde, trocar
- surgical cutslaparotomy, craniotomy, thoracotomy, sternotomy, nephrotomy
- cutsslice, chop, dice, gash, nick
- gapsgap, rift, void, chasm, crack
- cutting throughslice, chop, carve, pierce, sever
incisionsuture
Medical wound closure
closure · stitching · wound closure · repair · healing
incisionsolid
Firm matter state
wholeness · continuity · closure · intactness · uncut
- clean incision
- surgical incisionCut made during operation
- first incision