seton

seton englanniksi

1. Seton

1. A few silk threads or horsehairs, or a strip of linen etc., introduced beneath the skin by a knife or needle, so as to induce suppuration; also, the issue so formed.

2. (quote-book)|year=1842|page=360|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=nSVhAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA360|column=2|oclc=562334031|passage=If the predisposition to the disease has arisen from a plethoric state of the system, or from a turgescence in the vessels of the head, this is to be obviated by bleeding, both generally and topically, but more particularly the latter; an abstemious diet and proper exercise; and by a seton in the neck.

3. {{quote-book|en|year=1904|author=Gustave Flaubert|title=Over Strand and Field|chapter=|edition=|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14233