[kaw-tuh-ree] 
| 1. | an escharotic substance, electric current, or hot iron used to destroy tissue. |
| 2. | the process of destroying tissue with a cautery. |
rion, equiv. to kautr branding iron (see cauterize ) + -ion dim. suffix
| cau·ter·y (kô'tə-rē) n. pl. cau·ter·ies
[Middle English cauterie, from Latin cautērium, branding iron, cautery, from Greek kautērion, from kaiein, kau-, to burn.] |
cautery cau·ter·y (kô'tə-rē)
n.
An agent or instrument used to destroy tissue by burning, searing, cutting, or scarring, including caustic and electric currents, lasers.
The act or process of cauterizing.
