Examples of incision in a Sentence
the surgeon made a thin incision with the scalpel
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When the lights went out, a patient care tech grabbed a blue flashlight, shining its beam into the incision.
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Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
There is a version of the surgery that is less invasive, and basically entails a small incision in the elbow, and there’s a version that is more invasive.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
Today, algorithms capable of processing vast volumes of medical imaging data can generate precise 3D models, allowing doctors to anticipate surgical challenges, identify critical structures and determine the safest and most effective strategy before making the first incision.
—Jose Luis Gonzalez Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
The process entails making an incision, pumping a joint full of fluid, using the camera on the end of an arthroscope to identify the loose bodies and then using a tool to either grab or suck them out.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 13 May 2026
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Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
There is a version of the surgery that is less invasive, and basically entails a small incision in the elbow, and there’s a version that is more invasive.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
Today, algorithms capable of processing vast volumes of medical imaging data can generate precise 3D models, allowing doctors to anticipate surgical challenges, identify critical structures and determine the safest and most effective strategy before making the first incision.
—Jose Luis Gonzalez Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
The process entails making an incision, pumping a joint full of fluid, using the camera on the end of an arthroscope to identify the loose bodies and then using a tool to either grab or suck them out.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 13 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for incision
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“Incision.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incision. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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incision
noun
in·ci·sion
in-ˈsizh-ən 
1
: a cut or gash made in something
especially
: a cut made into the body during surgery
removed the diseased appendix through a small incision
2
: an act of cutting into something
watched the surgeon's skillful incision
Medical Definition
incision
noun
in·ci·sion
in-ˈsizh-ən
1
: a cut or wound of body tissue made especially in surgery
2
: an act of incising something
the surgeon's incision of the tissues
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