"seton" meaning in English

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          "text": "If the predisposition to the disease has arisen from a plethoric state of the system, or from a turgescence in the vessels of the head, this is to be obviated by bleeding, both generally and topically, but more particularly the latter; an abstemious diet and proper exercise; and by a seton in the neck.",
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          "text": "The animal was lean and tall, and had a moth-eaten mane, rough hoofs and loose shoes; a seton bobbed up and down on its breast.",
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        "A few silk threads or horsehairs, or a strip of linen etc., introduced beneath the skin by a knife or needle, so as to induce suppuration; also, the issue so formed."
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        "(medicine, agriculture) A few silk threads or horsehairs, or a strip of linen etc., introduced beneath the skin by a knife or needle, so as to induce suppuration; also, the issue so formed."
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "silk threads",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "sedeño"
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          "sense": "silk threads",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "sedenho"
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      "word": "sedeño"
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      "sense": "silk threads",
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