Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. medicine, agriculture A few silk threads or horsehairs, or a strip of linen or the like, introduced beneath the skin by a knife or needle, so as to form an issue; also, the issue so formed.
Etymologies
- From French séton (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Arculanus is said to have re-introduced the use of the seton, that is the method of producing intense counter-irritation by the introduction of some foreign body into an incision in the skin.”
“A seton is the first thing; the bowels should be preserved from constipation; and the nitrate of silver, in doses of one-eighth of a grain, made into a pill with linseed meal, and increased to a quarter of a grain, should be given morning and night.”
“Body Cavity Search Takes a Turn for the Worse -- During a rectal exam, immigration officers "unknowingly" pull out a seton.”
“#6 Comment By seton On February 13, 2007 @ 12:51 pm”
“#54 Comment By seton On February 27, 2007 @ 8:43 pm”
“#10 Comment By seton On February 26, 2007 @ 4:11 pm”
“#7 Comment By seton On February 26, 2007 @ 2:02 pm”
“#8 Comment By seton On February 21, 2007 @ 12:31 pm”
“#8 Comment By seton On February 15, 2007 @ 10:59 am”
“#3 Comment By seton On February 14, 2007 @ 12:42 pm”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘seton’.
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phrontistery-s
from phrontistery.info
sabaton, sabbatarian, sabbulonarium, sabelline, sabin, sable, sabliere, sabot, sabretache, sabulous, saburration, saccade and 1593 more...
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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DYSLEXIC'S DREAD
Words That Make Sense in Reverse Too! Bad news for a dyslexic, 'cause s/he's got no clue if s/he read the word correctly or not, as opposed to a palindrome (i.e., no mistake possible, cf. "Dyslexic...
tool, lever, nap, pool, leer, leek, desserts, strop, doom, ukiah, yaws, ward and 213 more...
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frogapplause suitcase
tapicer, duckshoving, seton, frisbyterian, hello kitty scari..., outsnark, subvertising, ownerd, niceberg, purposelessness, sassy cat attack, flashbang and 214 more...
Tweets
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ruzuzu Oh, ew. May 5, 2011
frogapplause Body cavity search gone horribly wrong: Immigration officers did a rectal exam. They found a seton which treated an anal fistula. Unfortunately, they pulled it out. Jun 24, 2008