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Definition of Incisure
1. Noun. (anatomy) a notch or small hollow.
Specialized synonyms: Mandibular Notch
Category relationships: Anatomy, General Anatomy
Generic synonyms: Notch
Derivative terms: Incise
Definition of Incisure
1. n. A cut; an incision; a gash.
Definition of Incisure
1. Noun. (anatomy) a notch or indent ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Incisure
1. a notch or cleft of a body part [n -S]
Medical Definition of Incisure
1. Synonym: notch. Origin: L. Incisura (05 Mar 2000)
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Literary usage of Incisure
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1. Anatomical Names by Albert Chauncey Eycleshymer, Daniel Martin Schoemaker, Roy Lee Moodie, Wilhelm His (1917)
"INCISURA — ethmoidalis oss. fron t aus—32:11 = Ethmoidal incisure of frontal ...
incisure of temporal bone — jugularis sterni—29:54 = Jugular incisure of ..."
2. Grammar of the Greek Language: For the Use of High Schools and Colleges by Raphael Kühner, Bela Bates Edwards, Samuel Harvey Taylor (1860)
"The Caesura is at the end of the fourth foot, sometimes, though rarely, after
the short syllable immediately following. There is generally also an incisure ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1902)
"shows on each side an anterior malar incisure somewhat similar in location and
direction, but smaller, particularly on the right, to that in the preceding ..."
4. University of Toronto Studies by University of Toronto (1900)
"occipital incisure, and dorsally the modified cartilage may be traced as far as
my sections go. This area no doubt represents the center of ossification of ..."
5. A Handbook of Medical Diagnosis: For the Use of Practitioners and Students by James Cornelius Wilson (1915)
"incisure may occur as a reflex phenomenon, but will relax after the ... In ulcer
cases the incisure may remain for hours or recur intermittently. ..."
6. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Thomas Pickering Pick (1897)
"The boundaries between right and left are, superiorly, the attachment of the
falciform ligament; anteriorly, the umbilical incisure ; inferiorly, ..."
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