cautery
Collocations
3ADJ.
other
VERB + CAUTERY
advise
CAUTERY + NOUN
medieval, method
Definitions
noun
The use of either extreme heat or extreme cold to either cut or seal body tissue.
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.
A device used for cutting or sealing body tissue.
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Synonyms
noun — the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a ho
- cauterization
- cauterisation
noun — an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medica
- cauterant
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2Modern 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 h
WiktionaryThe doctor may advise cautery, a method that burns the blood vessel with electric current, silver nitrate or a laser.
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