incision

noun4

1. •
   A cut, especially one made by a scalpel or similar medical tool in the context of surgical operation; the scar resulting from such a cut.

   • Wrath-kindled gentlemen, be ruled by me; Let’s purge this choler without letting blood: This we prescribe, though no physician; Deep malice makes too deep incision — 1595
2. •
   The act of cutting into a substance.

   • Mnesarchus, early as a sculptor known, From nice incision of the costly stone, — 1800
3. •
   A cut-back

   • Riyad Mahrez also dragged wide after a De Bruyne incision. — 2021
4. •
   (no longer used) Separation or solution of viscid matter by medicines.