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cau·ter·y 
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Audio Help [kaw-tuh-ree] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -ter·ies.
| 1. | an escharotic substance, electric current, or hot iron used to destroy tissue. |
| 2. | the process of destroying tissue with a cautery. |
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L cautérium < Gk kaut
rion, equiv. to kautr branding iron (see cauterize) + -ion dim. suffix]
rion, equiv. to kautr branding iron (see cauterize) + -ion dim. suffix] | Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
Cautery
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| cau·ter·y
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n. pl. cau·ter·ies
[Middle English cauterie, from Latin cautērium, branding iron, cautery, from Greek kautērion, from kaiein, kau-, to burn.] |
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| 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 |
| 2. | the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing |
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| cautery
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An agent or instrument used to destroy tissue, as in surgery, by burning, searing, cutting, or scarring, including caustic substances, electric currents, and lasers. |
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)- 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.
| The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
Main Entry: cau·tery
Pronunciation: 'kot-&-rE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ter·ies
1 : the act or
effect of cauterizing : CAUTERIZATION
2 : an agent (as a hot iron or caustic) used to burn,
sear, or destroy tissue
| Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc. |
Cautery
Ac"tu*al\ (#; 135), a. [OE. actuel, F. actuel, L. actualis, fr. agere to do, act.]1. Involving or comprising action; active. [Obs.] Her walking and other actual performances. --Shak. Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is . . . by a special prayer or action, . . . given to God. --Jer. Taylor. 2. Existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in fact; real; -- opposed to potential, possible, virtual, speculative, conceivable, theoretical, or nominal; as, the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion. 3. In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country. Actual cautery. See under Cautery. Actual sin (Theol.), that kind of sin which is done by ourselves in contradistinction to "original sin." Syn: Real; genuine; positive; certain. See Real.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Cautery
Cau"ter\, n. [F. caut[`e]re, L. cauterium, fr. Gr. ? a branding iron, fr. ? to burn. Cf. Caustic, Cautery.] A hot iron for searing or cauterizing. --Minsheu.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Cautery
Cau"ter*y\, n.; pl. Cauteries. [L. cauterium, Gr. ?. See Cauter.]1. (Med.) 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. 2. The iron of other agent in cauterizing. Actual cautery, a substance or agent (as a hot iron) which cauterizes or sears by actual heat; or the burning so effected. Potential cautery, a substance which cauterizes by chemical action; as, lunar caustic; also, the cauterizing produced by such substance.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Cautery
Po*ten"tial\, a. [Cf. F. potentiel. See Potency.]1. Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result; efficacious; influential. [Obs.] "And hath in his effect a voice potential." --Shak. 2. Existing in possibility, not in actuality. "A potential hero." --Carlyle. Potential existence means merely that the thing may be at ome time; actual existence, that it now is. --Sir W. Hamilton. Potential cautery. See under Cautery. Potential energy. (Mech.) See the Note under Energy. Potential mood, or mode (Gram.), that form of the verb which is used to express possibility, liberty, power, will, obligation, or necessity, by the use of may, can, must, might, could, would, or should; as, I may go; he can write.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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