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1. (n.) cautery
any substance or instrument, as an electric current or hot iron, used to destroy tissue.
2. cautery
the process of destroying tissue with a cautery.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L cautērium < Gk kautērion, der. of kautēr branding iron)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) cautery, cauterant
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
2. (noun) cautery, cauterization, cauterisation
the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) cautery
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. (noun) cautery
the iron of other agent in cauterizing
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. cautery
The application of a caustic substance, a hot instrument, an electric current, or other agent to control bleeding while removing or destroying tissue.
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