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Cautery

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Noun

1. cauterant, cautery

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

2. cauterisation, cauterization, cautery

the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cautery

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noun plural -teries
1. 
the coagulation of blood or destruction of body tissue by cauterizing
2. Also called: cauterant
an instrument or chemical agent for cauterizing

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Cautery

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nounWord forms: plural ˈcauteries
1. 
an instrument or substance for cauterizing
2. 
the act of cauterizing

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cautery

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n. pl. cau·ter·ies
1. An agent or instrument used to destroy abnormal tissue by burning, searing, or scarring, including caustic substances, electric currents, lasers, and very hot or very cold instruments.
2. The act or process of cauterizing.

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