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- pronunciation:
- ihn
sI
zh
 n
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a cut, esp. one made during surgery.
The surgeon made an incision in the patient's abdomen.- similar words:
- section
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| definition 2: |
the act of making a cut.
Incision is not the most difficult part of the operation. |
| definition 3: |
perceptiveness; acuteness.
Her comments were made with incision. |
| related words: |
cut, gash, notch |
adjective + (n.)incision
abdominal, anesthetic, auricular, circular, deep, external, horizontal, initial, large, minimal, neat, painful, relaxing, shallow, small, surgical, tiny, traditional, typical, vertical
verb + (n.)incision
avoid, close, involve, make, operate, perform, place, recommend, require, rub, stitch, surround, undergo
(n.)incision
+ verb
bleed, extend, form, heal, insert, mark, remove, scar, seal, sew, suture
noun + (n.)incision
anesthesia,
antibiotic,
aspiration,
autopsy,
channel,
chest,
doctor,
ear,
exit,
healing,
infection,
knife,
laser,
length,
lid,
lift,
muscle,
ointment,
pain,
puncture,
scalpel,
series,
skin,
surgeon,
surgery,
tag,
technique,
telescope,
wound
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The word incision
contains the following parts:
in-1
Latin
prefix
that means in, into, on
  More about this word part:
The prefix in-1 occurs in Latin loanwords and thus attaches to Latin roots ( infect
, inscribe
). in-1 has multiple forms, as the "n" sound in in-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See the assimilated forms il-1, im-1, and ir-1.
Example words:
incise, incision, incisor, include, incursion, infarct, infect, influence, influx, inform, information, inhere, inherent, inhibit, innate, inquire, inquiry, inquisition, inscribe, inscription, inspect, inspector, inter
cis, cid1, -cide
Latin
root
that means to cut, to kill
Example words:
bactericide, concise, decide, decision, decisive, ecocide, excise, fratricide, fungicide, genocide, germicide, herbicide, homicide, incision, incisive, incisor, infanticide, insecticide, matricide, parricide, patricide, precise, precision, regicide, suicide, tyrannicide, vermicide
-ion
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means the act, process, or result of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ion
attaches to bases that are Latin verb stems ending in s or t.
Example words:
ablation, abrasion, accession, action, addiction, addition, admission, adoption, affection, affliction, aggression, ambition, attention, audition, commission, commissioner, compassion, compassionate, conclusion, condition, confusion, congestion, construction, direction, diction, dictionary, exclusion, expedition, fusion, illusion, immersion, incision, interaction, inquisition, mission, nation, omission, passion, passionate, permission, prediction, prescription, question, reaction, reflection, rendition, revolution, satisfaction, section, session, solution, television, transaction
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