cautery – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
cautery
n.
instrument or substance used to cauterize abnormal tissue; cauterization, act of searing, process of destroying tissue with a cautery
Cauterization
- Cauterize redirects here. For the band, see Cauterize (band)
The medical practice or technique of
cauterization (or cauterisation, or cautery) is the
burning of part of a body to remove or close off a part of it, which destroys some tissue in an attempt to mitigate bleeding and damage, remove an undesired growth, or minimize other potential medical harm, such as infections when antibiotics are unavailable. The practice was once widespread for treatment of wounds. Its utility before the advent of antibiotics was said to be effective at more than one level:
cautery
Noun
1. 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
(synonym) cauterant
(hypernym) instrument
(hyponym) cryocautery
(derivation) cauterize, cauterise, burn
2. the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing
(synonym) cauterization, cauterisation
(hypernym) operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
(hyponym) cryocautery
(derivation) cauterize, cauterise, burn
Cautery
(n.)
The iron of other agent in cauterizing.
(n.)
A burning or searing, as of morbid flesh, with a hot iron, or by application of a caustic that will burn, corrode, or destroy animal tissue.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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