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gash, laceration, rent, rip, slash, slit, tear
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Nailah Pettigen was dead, appeared to have been disemboweled, had an incision from her neck to her stomach, her intestines were spilled out onto the ground and her bed was completely soaked through with blood, Gaches said. — Bay City News, The Mercury News, "Fremont man convicted of brutal murder of his mother in 2015," 30 July 2019 Then cut the tenderloin lengthwise down the middle, making an incision about 1 inch deep. — Jeanmarie Brownson, Twin Cities, "Refresh your summer cooking with versatile mint for grilled meats, salads and tea," 18 July 2019 Li did not show the actual incision, but held up the bloody digit afterward. — Rob Schwartz, Billboard, "Chinese Rapper Faces Backlash After Severing Finger During Livestream," 8 Aug. 2019 In June, maggots were discovered near the surgical incision of a 28-year-old patient at the Hacienda intermediate-care facility at 1402 E. South Mountain Ave in Phoenix. — Chelsea Curtis, azcentral, "Hacienda HealthCare plans to close its Mesa children's hospital," 19 July 2019 The Arizona Department of Health Services is investigating a Hacienda Healthcare in Phoenix where maggots were discovered earlier this week near a surgical incision beneath a patient's gauze bandage. — Fox News, "Maggots found under bandage at site of Phoenix patient rape," 15 June 2019 The conventional method of accessing the thyroid area is known as the trans-cervical approach, and requires a surgical incision in the neck of around 3-4 centimeters, says Hefetz. — Suyin Haynes, Time, "A New, Scarless Adam's Apple Surgery Could Be a Breakthrough for Transgender Patients," 11 June 2019 In non-medical speak, a lipoma is a non-cancerous, squishy ball that pops out from under the skin with a small incision and a little pressure under local anesthesia. — Megan Decker, refinery29.com, "The 7 Biggest Dr. Pimple Popper Lipoma Extractions Ever," 5 July 2019 The incisions have gotten smaller, which physicians think speeds up healing time. — Adam Rogers, WIRED, "Why Kevin Durant's Achilles Tendon Was His Achilles Heel," 13 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'incision.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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