subincisionn.
/ˌsʌbɪnˈsɪʒn/, U.S. /ˌsəbᵻnˈsɪʒ(ə)n/ 1. A secondary or deeper surgical incision. rare.
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1889 Dental Cosmos 31 128 I took a curved lancet and cut the tissue around the cavity, bringing the sub-incision down to the edge of the cavity.
1918 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 5 Jan. 59/1 The posterior wall of the rectus sheath is opened with two subincisions which leave between them an aponeurotic bridge.
2. The cutting of an opening into the urethra on the underside of the penis, esp. as a ritual practice in Australian Aboriginal and certain other societies; an instance of this; a cut of this kind.
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society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > involving incision > [noun]
subincision1894
1894 E. C. Stirling in Intercolonial Q. Jrnl. Med. & Surg. Nov. 224 Subincision, or slitting the urethra from the meatus to the angle of junction of the scrotum,..is, amongst these tribes at least, attended with much less ceremonial observance [than circumcision].
1907 Proc. Royal Soc. Edinb. 27 59 A year or so after [circumcision], a partial subincision is made; and the next year the subincision is made complete.
1985 Urology 26 287/1 He did not miss a single day of work owing to the subincisions.
2003 M. Abley Spoken Here i. 9 After a year or more, young men who were brave enough moved on to the second stage of initiation: penile subincision.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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