MECHE
\mˈɛt͡ʃ], \mˈɛtʃ], \m_ˈɛ_tʃ]\
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Tent. This term is usually applied in French surgery to a collection of threads of charpie, cotton or raw silk, united together, whicha are used for deterging sinuous or fistulous ulcers; or to keep open or enlarge natural or artificial apertures. They are generally applied by means of an instrument called Porte-meche.
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