Definition of Cautiry
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 Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (medical) The process of using either extreme heat or extreme cold to either cut or seal body tissue
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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