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thoracotomy vs surgical incision

surgical incision vs thoracotomy

thoracotomy and surgical incision both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
thoracotomy Yes No No No
surgical incision Yes No No No
As nouns, surgical incision is a hypernym of thoracotomy; that is, surgical incision is a word with a broader meaning than thoracotomy:
  • thoracotomy: surgical incision into the chest walls opening up the pleural cavity
  • surgical incision: the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)
Other hypernyms of thoracotomy include incision, section.
thoracotomy (noun) surgical incision (noun)
surgical incision into the chest walls opening up the pleural cavity the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)
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