cauterise

cauterize /cau·ter·ize/ (kaw´ter-īz) to apply a cautery; to destroy tissue by the application of heat, cold, or a caustic agent.

cau·ter·ize (kô

-r

)

To burn or sear with a cautery.

cauter·i·zation (-t

-z

n) n.

Cauterize

To use heat or chemicals to stop bleeding, prevent the spread of infection, or destroy tissue.

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cauterize

[kô′tərīz]

Etymology: Gk, kauterion, branding iron

1 to burn tissues by thermal heat, including steam, hot metal, or solar radiation; electricity; or another agent such as laser or dry ice, usually with the objective of destroying damaged or diseased tissues, preventing infections, or coagulating blood vessels. See also chemical cauterization.

2 to apply a cautery; to perform cauterization.

cauterize [kaw´ter-īz]

to apply a cautery; to perform cauterization.

cauterize (kô´t

rīz),

v to sear or burn living tissue in order to stop bleeding; a corrosive agent, hot metal, or electricity may be used.

cauterize

verb To stop bleeding with high heat or a chemical–eg, silver nitrate

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Bowel Preparation
cauterant
cautery
diathermy
electrocautery
hypertonic solution
ignipuncture
laser surgery
Mallory-Weiss syndrome
nitric
nitric acid
nitric oxide
Paquelin's cautery
Perforated Septum
physiologic saline solution
retinal detachment
sclerosing solution
silver nitrate

There is no logic that permits red-hot pokers to be thrust down horses' throats to cauterise their soft palates to improve their performance, or permits red-hot pins to be stuck into their tendons (admittedly anaesthetised) to improve their performance, but does not permit a drug like tranexamic acid to ameliorate bleeding.

Pressing my argument; LETTERS by The Racing Post (London, England)

O & G: EUA; incision, cauterise, biopsy vulva, cervix, endometrial; IUD; D&C; hysterosalpingogram; hormone implant, laparoscopy, sterilisation; Shirodkar; external version; other minor procedures G.

Unattached operating theatres by Potgieter, Andre "JA"; Grobler, Stephen / CME: Your SA Journal of CPD

Doctors had to cauterise blood vessels in his nostril to stem the flow while his dad, Stephen Vallily, of Grove Hill, anxiously hoped it was not a flare-up of the disease.

Handsome smile hides a heartbreaking agony for teen Charlie by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)

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