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seto

seto [Prov. sedon < seda; cf. CL saeta, seta], (med.) thread or sim. of silk or other material, placed in a wound or incision so as to allow it to be kept open or reopened, to drain liquid or discharge or for therapeutic access, seton. de cura botii per cyrurgiam. ‥ apponatur ~o unus in longum et alius ex transverso ‥ et in omni sero ~ones ad exteriora trahantur ut truncetur caro cum illis Gilb. IV 180. 2; in bursa testiculorum potest poni ~o vel ~ones, sc. corde serice, ita quod maneat ibi apertio et evacuetur aqua paulatine Gad. 34v. 1.

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