SETON


Meaning of SETON in English

/seet"n/ , n. Surg.

a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.

[ 1350-1400; ME seton- (s. of seto ), equiv. to set ( a ) SETA + -on- n. suffix ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .