Seton

['si:tən]

Definition

(noun.) United States religious leader who was the first person born in the United States to be canonized (1774-1821).

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Definition

(n.) 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.

Typist: Ruth

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Rowel.[2]. Issue.

Typist: Steven

Definition

n. (surg.) an artificially produced sinus or channel through which some substance as a skein of cotton or silk or a long flat piece of india-rubber or gutta-percha is passed so as to excite suppuration and to keep the artificially formed openings patent: also the inserted material.

Typist: Ruben