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Webster 1913 Edition
Incision
3.
Separation or solution of viscid matter by medicines.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Incision
INCIS'ION
,Noun.
1.
A cutting; the act of cutting into a substance.2.
A cut; a gash; the separation of the surface of any substance made by a sharp instrument. The surgeon with his knife makes an incision in the flesh, and the gardener, in a tree; but we do not say, an incision is made with a plow or a spade; at least such phraseology is unusual.3.
Separation of viscid matter by medicines.