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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In surgery, puncture with a red-hot styliform cautery.
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- noun The original procedure of closing a
retina break in retinal separation by transfixation of the break withcautery .
Etymologies
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ignis (latin: fire) + puncture (hole)
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