ignipuncture
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From Latin ignis (“fire”) + puncture.
Noun
[edit]ignipuncture (countable and uncountable, plural ignipunctures)
- The original procedure of closing a retina break in retinal separation by transfixation of the break with cautery.
Further reading
[edit]- “ignipuncture”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
French
[edit]Noun
[edit]ignipuncture f (plural ignipunctures)
Further reading
[edit]- “ignipuncture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.