Middle English Dictionary Entry
inscī̆siǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | inscī̆siǒun n. Also incisioun, incicioun, ensisioun & (error) inscioun. |
| Etymology | L incīsio & OF incisïon; influenced by L scissio. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Surg. (a) The act of cutting into a bodily part; (b) a surgical operation; (c) a slash, cut; also, a cut made in surgery; (d) that which is cut off in circumcision, the prepuce.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)65a/a : Inscisioun [*Ch.(2): kyttinge; L incisio] of a nerue after latitude not alle or hole is more perilous þan in þe hole.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)69a/b : Solucioun of the bone..þe whiche is made wiþ yncicioun, i. kittynge, of the whiche it schal be saide here.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)29a/a : Out of þe vtter sidis from byneþe ascenden þe greet arteries, of whos inscicioun folowiþ greet perel.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)0b/a : Cyrurgie is a party of..curing, heling men by inscisions & adustions & articulacions of bones.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)143a/a : It semeþ better..þat þai be preserued with emplasterez & ligaturez þan put hem in perilez of inscisioun.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)92a/b : Þe þridde entencioun þe whiche is to slee þe fistle..is fulfilled in two maneres, in one maner by inscicioun and by cauterizazion.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)116a/a : Þis cure is moost disseyuable..wheþir þou worche wiþ insciouns [?read: insciciouns] or cauterisaciouns or ellis wiþ localies medicyns.
c
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)302/22 : Whanne þou letis him blood, þou schalt make þe inscicioun of þe veine þe more long.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)51a/b : Of which is y-take anoþer difference of wondez, For som beþ inscisionz [*Ch.(2): kyttynges], Som contusionz.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)107b/a : When þu hast made þine ensisioun, voide þe matere as þu seest þat it is expedient.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)14a/a : Alle þe insciciouns or kyttynges of the hede schal be made after þe goynge of þe heeres.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)22b/a : Where so it bihoueþ to maken ony inscicioun, it schal be maad oonly aftir þe lenkþe of þe membre.
- c1475 *Mondeville (Wel 564)160a/b : Make þe wounde more large, kuttynge þe wounde on travers euene in þe myddil of the wounde þat boþe þe inciciouns make a cros.
d
- c1450(?a1422) Lydg.LOL (Dur-U Cosin V.2.16)4.121 : The pece of his [Christ's] Incision Was by an Angell, in an vrne of golde, To Charles brought in a vysyon.
2.
Med. Of medicines: the property of dispersing or dissolving viscous humors.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)179a/a : Raphanus is a rote; it is founden 3 manerez ca. & sic with inscisioun & abstersioun.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. incision.