cautery

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A device used for cutting or sealing body tissue
The process of using either extreme heat or extreme cold to either cut or seal body tissue
{n} an iron for or the act of burning animal flesh
The use of heat or caustic substances to destroy tissue or coagulate blood
the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (eg removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it
the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing
burning with hot stick or iron to seal a wound
The iron of other agent in cauterizing
A burning or searing, as of morbid flesh, with a hot iron, or by application of a caustic that will burn, corrode, or destroy animal tissue
{i} instrument or substance used to cauterize abnormal tissue; cauterization, act of searing, process of destroying tissue with a cautery
burning or cutting tissue by means of heat, chemicals or an electric current
an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (eg removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it
cautery

    Hyphenation

    cau·te·ry

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    [ 'ko-t&-rE ] (noun.) 14th century. Latin cauterium, from Greek kautErion branding iron, from kaiein.
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