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Definitions for: Cautery [n] the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing
[n] 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
Webster (1913) Definition: Cau"ter*y, n.; pl. Cauteries. [L. cauterium, Gr. ?.
See Cauter.]
1. (Med.) 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.
2. The iron of other agent in cauterizing.
Actual cautery, a substance or agent (as a hot iron) which
cauterizes or sears by actual heat; or the burning so
effected.
Potential cautery, a substance which cauterizes by chemical
action; as, lunar caustic; also, the cauterizing produced
by such substance.
Synonyms: cauterant, cauterisation, cauterization
See Also: cryocautery, cryocautery, instrument, operation, searing iron, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, thermocautery
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