(n.) The act of incising, or cutting into a substance.
(n.) That which is produced by incising; the separation of the parts of any substance made by a cutting or pointed instrument; a cut; a gash.
(n.) Separation or solution of viscid matter by medicines.
Example Sentences:
(1) Midsagittal or parasagittal pontomedullary brainstem incisions were performed in 4 cats.
(2) The advantages of the incision through the pars plana ciliaris are (1) easier approach to the vitreous cavity, (2) preservation of the crystalline lens and an intact iris, and (3) circumvention of the corneal and chamber angle complications sometimes associated with the transcorneal approach.
(3) In a double-blind trial, 50 patients with subcostal incisions performed for cholecystectomy or splenectomy, received 10 ml of either 0.5% bupivacaine plain or physiological saline twice daily by wound perfusion through an indwelling drainage tube for 3 days after operation.
(4) Measurements were made of the width of the marginal gap for three sites at each of four stages: (1) after the shoulder firing, (2) after the body-incisal firing, (3) after the glaze firing, and (4) after a correction firing.
(5) The reduction in respiratory function in those subjects without an abdominal incision demonstrated that other factors, particularly the influence of a general anaesthesia, need to be taken into account.
(6) It is unnecessary to make any special more complicated incision designed to avoid lymphatics.
(7) The advantages of pars plana approach are the small incision and minimal ocular manipulation during surgery.
(8) The operative approach is through an incision above the medial canthus.
(9) The authors recall the advantages of low transcartilage incision in rhinoplasty and, by means of several technical details, illustrate the value of this approach in submucosal dissection.
(10) By making the incision inside the hairline, there is no increase in the height of the pubic hair.
(11) If transportation is unduly delayed, immediate linear incision and suction may be of value.
(12) Following orthodontic treatment the canine's incisal edge occlusion demonstrates the tip and torque present in the appliance that was used.
(13) Middle-ear exploration in six patients revealed abundant granulation tissue; multiple granulomas and acid-fast bacilli were demonstrated on a section of tissue from one patient with a nonhealing mastoidectomy incision.
(14) At surgery, upon incision of the paravertebral muscle fascia, viscous pale fluid was encountered emanating from a foramen in the thoracic lamina.
(15) The sample was divided into three groups based on the degree of pretreatment overbite: openbite subsample--no incisal overlap; overlap subsample--incisal overlap and no incisal contact; contact subsample--incisal overlap with incisal contact.
(16) The usual approach to the inferior orbit has been through a subciliary skin incision and dissection of a skin flap to the orbital rim.
(17) Bojan Krkic had been snuffed out in his central role for Stoke and Hughes’s tweaks would have paid off if Diouf’s finishing had been more incisive.
(18) Compared with a matched group without ultrasonic visualization, the eventual site for uterine incision and morbidity to the mother and fetus were not significantly different.
(19) The incision was then extended toward the opening of the left coronary artery.
(20) Not intimately associated with a nonvital tooth or found to have any communication with the incisive canal.
Kerf
Definition:
(n.) A notch, channel, or slit made in any material by cutting or sawing.
Example Sentences:
(1) In children older than 1, however, the bone is relatively brittle, yet it, too, may be remodeled by sectioning it first into 1.5 to 2.0 cm wide strips, then placing resistance-weakening kerfs on the bone's endocranial surface.
(2) The kerfs weaken the bone regionally so that controlled bending may occur.