ignipuncture
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English[edit]
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.