Cautery
[kɒ:tәri]
Definition
(noun.) the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing.
(noun.) 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.
Typed by Belinda--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) The iron of other agent in cauterizing.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Application of hot iron or of caustics.
Typist: Wanda
Examples
- The cautery consists of a loop of platinum wire carried by a suitable non-conducting handle, with means for constricting the white hot loop of wire about the tumor or object to be excised. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Crusell of St. Petersburgh invents Electric Cautery. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The electric cautery and probe are also scientific and useful instruments. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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