Meaning of CAUTERY
| Pronunciation: | | 'koturee
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | cauterant, cauterisation, cauterization |
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| | See Also: | | cryocautery, cryocautery, instrument, operation, searing iron, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, thermocautery | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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.
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