incisure

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   anatomy: a notch or indentation in a bone, organ, or other bodily structure

   The angular incisure marks a distinct notch along the stomach's lesser curvature.

2. 2
   noun

   rare: a cut or incision

   The specimen showed a narrow incisure along its outer edge.

Borrowed from Latin incisura, 'a cutting into or incision,' from incidere, 'to cut into.' Anatomical English narrowed the term chiefly to a clearly bounded notch or indentation.

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