the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing 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
the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing
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
cautery
الواصلة
cau·te·ry
النطق
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[ 'ko-t&-rE ] (noun.) 14th century. Latin cauterium, from Greek kautErion branding iron, from kaiein.