seton

English

Etymology

From French séton

Noun

seton (plural setons)

1. (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.
   • 1904, Gustave Flaubert, Over Strand and Field^[1]:

     The animal was lean and tall, and had a moth-eaten mane, rough hoofs and loose shoes; a seton bobbed up and down on its breast.

Anagrams

• notes, onset, SONET, steno, stone, tones