Medical term:
pilojection
pilojection
An obsolete technique for treating berry aneurysms of the brain, which consisted in “threading” stiffened mammal hairs into the sac, effecting its resolution by thrombosis.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
pi·lo·jec·tion
(pī'lō-jek'shŭn)Process of shooting shafts of stiff mammalian hair into a saccular aneurysm in the brain to produce thrombosis.
[pilo- + injection]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
pilojection
(pī-lō-jĕk′shŭn) [″ + jacere, to throw]Introduction of hairs, by use of a pneumatic gun, into an aneurysm to induce clotting in the aneurysmal sac. It has been used in treating intracranial aneurysms.
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