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Cautery

//ˈkɔːtəɹi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The use of either extreme heat or extreme cold to either cut or seal body tissue. uncountable, usually

    "Modern doctors nod benignly at some of the remedies and principles in Bald's Leechbook, but none has a good word to say for bloodletting - nor for cautery, the other medieval method of balancing the humours."

  2. 2
    the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing wordnet
  3. 3
    A device used for cutting or sealing body tissue. uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (e.g., removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it wordnet

Etymology

From Latin cauterium (“branding iron”).

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