incisions
Deliberate medical cuts
Incisions are cuts made deliberately, especially surgical cuts into body tissue.
The word implies precision and purpose—a surgeon makes incisions, while accidents leave gashes or wounds.
The term extends to any clean, deliberate cut: The incisions in the leather were perfectly straight.
Figuratively, incisive analysis cuts through confusion with similar sharpness.
Torn, ragged wound
- gashDeep, ragged incision
- openingGap or start
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- lesionArea of pathological change
scar · healing · infection · bleeding · tissue · skin · flesh · depth
Precise surgical knife
- sutureMedical wound closure
- laparotomyAbdominal cavity access cut
- laparoscopyMinimally invasive abdominal examination
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
hemostasis · sterile · surgeon · retractor · clamps · cauterization · anesthesia · postoperative
laceration
Torn, ragged wound
lesion · scar · healing · infection · bleeding · tissue · skin · flesh · depth · edges
scalpel
Precise surgical knife
- sutureMedical wound closure
- laparotomyAbdominal cavity access cut
- laparoscopyMinimally invasive abdominal examination
dissection · hemostasis · sterile · surgeon · retractor · clamps · cauterization · anesthesia · postoperative · drainage
blade
Flat cutting edge
score · nick · groove · pierce · notch · carve · cleave · sever · linear · transverse
exactitude
Perfect correctness in detail
sharpness · dexterity · control · clean · careful · measured · deliberate · minimal · fine · neat
incisionssutures
Medical wound closures
stitches · closures · wound closure · healing · repairs
incisionstears
Violent pulls apart
gashes · lacerations · rips · avulsions · contusions
- clean incision
- surgical incisionCut made during operation
- first incision