CAUTERY
\kˈɔːtəɹi], \kˈɔːtəɹi], \k_ˈɔː_t_ə_ɹ_i]\
Definitions of CAUTERY
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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The application of a caustic substance, a hot instrument, an electric current, or other agent to destroy tissue. (Dorland, 27th ed)
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A burning or searing, as with a hot iron or other caustic substance; the instrument or substance used to cauterize.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Any cauterizing agent, particularly the actual cautery.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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