Surgical Incision (Noun)
Meaning
The cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation).
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The surgeon made a careful surgical incision in the patient's abdomen to access the affected area.
- The length and depth of the surgical incision depended on the type of procedure being performed.
- To minimize scarring, the doctor tried to make the surgical incision as small as possible.
- After making the initial surgical incision, the doctor carefully explored the surrounding tissue to locate the problem.
- The patient's wound from the surgical incision took several weeks to fully heal and close.