CAUTERY
\kˈɔːtəɹi], \kˈɔːtəɹi], \k_ˈɔː_t_ə_ɹ_i]\
Definitions of CAUTERY
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing 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
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1. An agent used for scarring or burning the skin or tissues by means of heat or of caustic chemicals. 2. The destructive effect produced by a cauterizing agent.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A burning or searing of living flesh with a hot iron, or by caustic medicine, so as to remove a diseased part.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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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