cautery
an escharotic substance, electric current, or hot iron used to destroy tissue.
the process of destroying tissue with a cautery.
Origin of cautery
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How to use cautery in a sentence
Monell, Bigelow, Massey, and Bartholow know electricity about the nose only as a cautery.
The Treatment of Hay Fever | George Frederick LaidlawIf the spurting blood should cool the cautery, take another.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine | James J. WalshHe brought in a cautery, a furnace, and other terrible instruments used then in medical practice.
Giovanni Boccaccio, a Biographical Study | Edward HuttonPerhaps we needed a surgeon who would use knife and cautery.
In cautery, the area where fire is to be placed is marked with ink in the shape of a myrtle leaf.
British Dictionary definitions for cautery
/ (ˈkɔːtərɪ) /
the coagulation of blood or destruction of body tissue by cauterizing
Also called: cauterant an instrument or chemical agent for cauterizing
Origin of cautery
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for 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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