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Incision

The act of incising, or cutting into a substance.

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Broader term 5

Cut 76% connected

of Cut

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Cutting 76% connected

of Cut

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Depression 76% connected

The act of depressing.

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Impression 76% connected

The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.

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Imprint 76% connected

To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.

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Narrower term 8

Laparotomy 76% connected

A cutting through the walls of the abdomen, as in the Caesarean section.

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Nephrotomy 76% connected

Extraction of stone from the kidney by cutting.

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Orchotomy 76% connected

The operation of cutting out or removing a testicle by the knife; castration.

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Phlebotomy 76% connected

The act or practice of opening a vein for letting blood, in the treatment of disease; venesection; bloodletting.

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Score 76% connected

A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.

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Scotch 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its inhabitants; Scottish.

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Thoracotomy 76% connected

The operation of opening the pleural cavity by incision.

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Venesection 76% connected

The act or operation of opening a vein for letting blood; bloodletting; phlebotomy.

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Incise 74% connected

To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.

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Incise 74% connected

To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.

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Incisive 74% connected

Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; cutting; hence, sharp; acute; sarcastic; biting.

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Incisive 74% connected

Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; cutting; hence, sharp; acute; sarcastic; biting.

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Indent 74% connected

To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.

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Indent 74% connected

To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.

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Containing whole 2

Operation 70% connected

The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.

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Surgery 70% connected

The art of healing by manual operation; that branch of medical science which treats of manual operations for the healing of diseases or injuries of t…

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Synonym 5

Dent 92% connected

A stroke; a blow.

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Prick 92% connected

That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer.

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Scratch 92% connected

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

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Section 92% connected

The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies.

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Slit 92% connected

3d. pers. sing. pres. of Slide.

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