incision

Definitions

in- (into) + cis (cut) + -ion (act/result) = the act or result of cutting into a surface — most often a surgeon's deliberate cut. The same in- + cis gives incise (to cut in) and incisor (the cutting front tooth).

Common Collocations

• 1.surgical incision手术切口
• 2.make an incision切开一个口子
• 3.clean incision整洁的切口
• 4.small incision小切口

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The surgeon made a small incision below the rib.

• 2.

  The wound healed quickly because the incision was clean.