CAUTERY

cautery, cauterization, cauterisation

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

cautery, cauterant

(noun) 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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Noun

cautery (usually uncountable, plural cauteries)

(surgery) The process of using either extreme heat or extreme cold to either cut or seal body tissue.

(surgery) A device used for cutting or sealing body tissue.

Source: Wiktionary

Cau"ter*y, n.; pl. Cauteries. Etym: [L. cauterium, Gr. Cauter.]

1. (Med.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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