cautery
[ kaw-tuh-ree ]
/ ˈkɔ tə ri /
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noun, plural cau·ter·ies.
an escharotic substance, electric current, or hot iron used to destroy tissue.
the process of destroying tissue with a cautery.
Nearby words
- causticity,
- causticly,
- cauterant,
- cauterization,
- cauterize,
- caution,
- caution money,
- cautionary,
- cautious,
- cautiously
Origin of cautery
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin cautērium < Greek kautḗrion, equivalent to kautḗr branding iron (see cauterize) + -ion diminutive suffix
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cautery
/ (ˈkɔːtərɪ) /
noun plural -teries
the coagulation of blood or destruction of body tissue by cauterizing
Also called: cauterant an instrument or chemical agent for cauterizing
Word Origin for cautery
C14: from Old French cautère, from Latin cautērium; see cauterize
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cautery
1540s, from Latin cauterium "branding iron," from Greek kauterion (see cauterize).
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cautery
[ kô′tə-rē ]
n.
An agent or instrument used to destroy tissue by burning, searing, cutting, or scarring, including caustic substances, electric currents, and lasers.
The act or process of cauterizing.
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cautery
[ kô′tə-rē ]
An agent or instrument used to destroy tissue, as in surgery, by burning, searing, cutting, or scarring, including caustic substances, electric currents, and lasers.
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