cutdown
/kuht-doun/US // ˈkʌtˌdaʊn //
削减,裁减,缩减,缩小
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : reduction; decrease; diminution: a cutdown in sales.
- : Surgery. the incision of a superficial vein in order to effect direct insertion of a catheter.
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : reduced in size.
- : abridged or condensed: They televised a cutdown version of the movie.
Examples
Mayhew, at the cutdown day news conference, expressed confidence in the collaborative roster-building process they’ve put in place.
I believe he was in there and did the—he helped Dr. Curtis with the cutdown, the initial cutdown.
Then, the initial cutdown that I started was ineffective and infiltrated into the tissues.
After I had completed the cutdown, I went around to the right side of the patient and saw the head wound.
Will you describe in lay language what you mean by a cutdown in relationship to what they did in this case?
And what, specifically, did you do pursuant to the cutdown on his leg?
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