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Fergusson's incision (medicine) and orcin (medicine)


Fergusson's incision (medicine)


Fergusson's incision


An incision used in maxillectomy, along the junction of cheek and nose, to bisect the upper lip.


orcin (medicine)


orcin
<chemistry> A colourless crystalline substance, C6H3.CH3.(OH)2, which is obtained from certain lichens (Roccella, Lecanora, etc), also from extract of aloes, and artificially from certain Derivatives of toluene. It changes readily into orcein.

Origin: Etymology uncertain: cf. F. Orcine.

Source: Websters Dictionary