cautery

cautery /cau·tery/ (kaw´ter-e)

1. an agent used for cauterization.

2. cauterization.

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actual cautery 

1. an instrument that destroys tissue by burning.

2. the application of such an instrument.

cold cautery  cryocautery.

electric cautery , galvanic cautery electrocautery.

potential cautery , virtual cautery cauterization by an escharotic, without applying heat.

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cau·ter·y (kôt-r)

n.

1. An agent or instrument used to destroy tissue by burning, searing, cutting, or scarring, including caustic substances, electric currents, and lasers.

2. The act or process of cauterizing.

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Cautery

The use of heat, electricity, or chemicals to destroy tissue.

Mentioned in: Nosebleed

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cautery

[kô′tərē]

Etymology: Gk, kauterion, branding iron

1 a device or agent used in the coagulation of tissue by heat or caustic substances.

2 a destructive effect produced by a cauterizing agent.

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cautery

1. the application of a caustic agent, a hot instrument, an electric current, or other agent to destroy tissue.

2. an agent so used.

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cold cautery

cauterization by carbon dioxide, called also cryocautery.