Definition of cautery

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Cautery (n.) 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..

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Burn :: Burn (v. t.) To apply a cautery to; to cauterize.
Thermocautery :: Thermocautery (n.) Cautery by the application of heat.
Diacaustic :: Diacaustic (n.) That which burns by refraction, as a double convex lens, or the sun's rays concentrated by such a lens, sometimes used as a cautery..
Firing :: Firing (n.) The application of fire, or of a cautery..
Galvanocautery :: Galvanocautery (n.) Cautery effected by a knife or needle heated by the passage of a galvanic current.
Cauterization :: Cauterization (n.) The act of searing some morbid part by the application of a cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application..
Moxa :: Moxa (n.) A soft woolly mass prepared from the young leaves of Artemisia Chinensis, and used as a cautery by burning it on the skin; hence, any substance used in a like manner, as cotton impregnated with niter, amadou..
Cauterize :: Cauterize (v. t.) To burn or sear with a cautery or caustic.
Cautery :: Cautery (n.) 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..
Cauterism :: Cauterism (n.) The use or application of a caustic; cautery.
Cautery :: Cautery (n.) The iron of other agent in cauterizing.
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