inscicioun

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ensisioun, incicioun, incision, inscision, inscisioun, yncicioun

Etymology

From Middle French incision, from Latin incisiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˌsisiˈuːn/, /inˈsisjun/, /inˈsiːsjun/

Noun

inscicioun (plural insciciouns) (Late Middle English)

1. (surgery) incision, cutting
2. (by extension, rare) surgical operation
3. (by extension, rare) prepuce
4. (medicine, rare) dispersion

Descendants

• English: incision

References

• “inscī̆siǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.