Example Sentences

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That limitation inspired researchers to search for a way to reshape the cornea without making incisions at all.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

More surgical options have emerged too, such as smaller incisions in the chest, or a robotic surgery that involves a smaller incision on a person’s side near the armpit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Currently there is no regulation over who can provide procedures that do not involve incisions.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

Every part of him was by design, with the scars on his body reflecting incisions that those studying human anatomy in the 18th century would have made.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

At every motion, I could feel the incisions chafe and the crawling of pus.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson