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noun
The use of either extreme heat or extreme cold to either cut or seal body tissue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A device used for cutting or sealing body tissue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: cauterization, cauterisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
Narrower terms: cryocautery, thermocautery
noun
an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (eg removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: cauterant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: instrument
Narrower terms: cryocautery, searing iron
History
From Latin cauterium (“branding iron”).
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
