seton: Meaning and Definition of

se•ton

1. a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.

Se•ton

1. (“Mother Seton”), 1774–1821, U.S. educator, social-welfare reformer, and religious leader: first native-born American to be canonized (1975).
2. 1860–1946, English writer and illustrator in the U.S.