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Grammar : Verb
Spell : in-sahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈsaɪz



Définition of incise

Origin :
  • 1540s, from French inciser (15c.), from Old French enciser (12c.), from Latin incisus, past participle of incidere "to cut into, cut through" (see incision). Related: Incised; incising.
  • verb cut into
Example sentences :
  • Incise and curet the wound and apply one of the wet dressings.
  • Extract from : « Surgery, with Special Reference to Podiatry » by Maximilian Stern
  • But the old meaning of "write" is to incise, or to cut, or engrave.
  • Extract from : « Our Catholic Heritage in English Literature of Pre-Conquest Days » by Emily Hickey
  • He says some people burn them medicinis acutis (touching with acids, as some do even yet), and some incise them with a knife.
  • Extract from : « Old-Time Makers of Medicine » by James J. Walsh
  • Incise the principal lines with a V tool, or, according to its size, small gouges may be used.
  • Extract from : « A Manual of Wood Carving » by Charles G. Leland
  • The usual plan is to prick or incise each lesion and press out the contents.
  • Extract from : « Essentials of Diseases of the Skin » by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
  • And that I shall not cut or incise any person having the stone, but shall leave the same to those who are expert in it.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy » by Charles John Samuel Thompson
  • Put to the doors a while there; ye can incise To a hairs breadth without defacing.Sur.
  • Extract from : « The Mad Lover » by Francis Beaumont
  • Care must be taken not to let the knife slip at the end of the incision and so incise the neck tissues.
  • Extract from : « A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4) » by Various
  • The next step is to incise the sinus freely from above downwards towards the jugular fossa and curette out the thrombus.
  • Extract from : « A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4) » by Various
  • If the swelling be large and tense, it is safer to incise it freely as described above for abscess of the septum.
  • Extract from : « A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4) » by Various

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