ignipuncture
English
Etymology
From Latin ignis (“fire”) + puncture.
Noun
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
- ignipuncture at OneLook Dictionary Search
French
Noun
ignipuncture f (plural ignipunctures)
- ignipuncture
Further reading
- “ignipuncture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.