English Dictionary

seton

名詞

(medicine, agriculture) 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.

日本語の意味

皮膚の下に針やナイフを用いて挿入され、化膿を促す目的で用いられる絹糸や馬毛、亜麻布などの糸状または布片状の物質。これにより誘発される化膿状態自体も指す。

The surgeon inserted a seton into the patient's fistula to encourage drainage and reduce recurrence.

外科医は患者の瘻孔に、化膿を促すために皮下に通した細い糸を挿入して、排膿を促し再発を予防した。

意味（1）

(medicine, agriculture) 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.

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.

setons （ plural ）