The doctor may advise cautery, a method that burns the blood vessel with electric current, silver nitrate or a laser.
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Cautery
//ˈkɔːtəɹi//
Synonyms for "cautery" (27 found)
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9 translations across 6 languages.
Czech
2 entries- kauter noun (device used for cutting or sealing body tissue)
- kauterizace noun (process of cutting or sealing body tissue with heat or cold)
French
2 entries- cautère noun (device used for cutting or sealing body tissue)
- cautérisation noun (process of cutting or sealing body tissue with heat or cold)
Italian
2 entries- bottone noun (device used for cutting or sealing body tissue)
- cauterio noun (device used for cutting or sealing body tissue)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- داغ noun (process of cutting or sealing body tissue with heat or cold)
Russian
1 entries- прижига́ние noun (process of cutting or sealing body tissue with heat or cold)
Sicilian
1 entries- busunettu noun (device used for cutting or sealing body tissue)
Sample sentences
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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.
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