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
Heceleme
cau·te·ry
Telaffuz
Etimoloji
[ 'ko-t&-rE ] (noun.) 14th century. Latin cauterium, from Greek kautErion branding iron, from kaiein.