sclerotomy vs surgical incision

sclerotomy and surgical incision both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sclerotomy	Yes	No	No	No
surgical incision	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, surgical incision is a hypernym of sclerotomy; that is, surgical incision is a word with a broader meaning than sclerotomy:

sclerotomy: surgical incision of the sclerotic coat of the eye
surgical incision: the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)

Other hypernyms of sclerotomy include incision, section.

sclerotomy (noun)	surgical incision (noun)
surgical incision of the sclerotic coat of the eye	the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)