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noun, plural cau·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; Middle English < Latin cautērium < Greek kautḗrion, equivalent to kautḗr branding iron (see cauterize) + -ion diminutive suffix
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin cautērium < Greek kautḗrion, equivalent to kautḗr branding iron (see cauterize) + -ion diminutive suffix
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Word Origin & History
cautery
1540s, from L. cauterium "branding iron," from Gk. kauterion (see cauterize).
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Medical Dictionary
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.
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cautery  (kô'tə-rē) Pronunciation Key
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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