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Webster 1913 Edition


Cautery

Cau′ter-y

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Cauteries
(#)
.
[L.
cauterium
, Gr. [GREEK]. See
Cauter
.]
1.
(Med.)
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cautery

CAUTERY

,
Noun.
A burning or searing, as of morbid flesh, by a hot iron or by caustic medicines that burn, corrode or destroy any solid part of an animal body. The burning by a hot iron is called actual cautery; that by caustic medicines, potential cautery.

Definition 2024


cautery

cautery

English

Noun

cautery (plural cauteries)

  1. (medicine) The process of using either extreme heat or extreme cold to either cut or seal body tissue.
  2. (medicine) A device used for cutting or sealing body tissue.

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