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Incision vs Pneumotomy - What's the difference?

incision | pneumotomy |

As nouns the difference between incision and pneumotomy

is that incision is incision, cut while pneumotomy is (surgery) the surgical procedure of making an incision in the lung.

incision

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A cut, especially one made by a scalpel or similar medical tool in the context of surgical operation.
  • The act of incising, or cutting into a substance.
    • (Milton)
  • (obsolete) Separation or solution of viscid matter by medicines.

    • pneumotomy

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pneumonotomy

    Noun

    (pneumotomies)
  • (surgery) The surgical procedure of making an incision in the lung.