Uk English Meaning of cautery

cautery

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Definitions and Meaning of cautery in English

Wordnet

cautery (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

the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing

Webster

cautery (n.)

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.

The iron of other agent in cauterizing.

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cautery

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 o

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cauterizing => cauterizing, cauterized => cauterized, cauterize => cauterize, cauterization => cauterization, cauterism => cauterisation,