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
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
28 January 2025
(noun) a slight amount or degree of difference; “a tad too expensive”; “not a tad of difference”; “the new model is a shade better than the old one”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
