ignipuncture

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The original procedure of closing a retina break in retinal separation by transfixation of the break with cautery.

Word forms

ignipuncture ignipunctures

Etymology

From igni- + puncture.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.