What is a roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of horses, answering to a seton in human surgery called?
rowel — (Far.) A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of horses, answering to a seton in human surgery. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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