an act, result, of cutting; opening made by a knife or other sharp-edged tool etc
incision
Cases of word usage
1) to cut off (e.g. and arm, a leg) by surgery (amputate)
2) to cut off the head of (a person) as a punishment (behead)
3) to cut or divide (something) into two (usually equal parts) (bisect)
4) a small piece cut or broken off (from wood, stone, china, glass etc) (chip)
5) a thick, solid piece of lump cut off a loaf, meat, pineapple etc (chunk)
6) cut back on something (cut back)
7) an article etc cut out of a newspaper; a device that disconnects a circuit (cut-out)
8) to tear or cut the limbs from (a person) (dismember)
9) to cut up (parts of a body, plant etc) in order to study its structure (dissect)
10) to cut or carve lines, words, designs etc (on a hard surface) (engrave)