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cold cautery

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cautery /cau·tery/ (kaw´ter-e)
1. an agent used for cauterization.

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.

cold cautery.
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.

cold cautery
cauterization by carbon dioxide, called also cryocautery.


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