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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 with cautery.

Etymologies

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ignis (latin: fire) + puncture (hole)

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