cautery

A medical noun referring to the process or instrument used to destroy tissue, typically by burning, freezing, or applying a caustic substance, often for therapeutic purposes such as removing growths or coagulating blood.

• 🇩🇪Medizinischer Begriff für das Verfahren oder Instrument, mit dem Gewebe zerstört wird, meist durch Hitze, Kälte oder ätzende Stoffe, oft zu therapeutischen Zwecken wie der Entfernung von Wucherungen oder der Blutstillung.

1. Instrument for tissue destruction C1 formal medical

   A medical instrument or substance used to destroy abnormal tissue, such as a wart, by burning, freezing, or applying a caustic agent.

   • The surgeon used a heated cautery to remove the small growth.
   • Cryogenic cautery is often used for skin lesions.
   • The doctor applied a chemical cautery to treat the wart.

   🇩🇪Instrument zur Gewebezerstörung

   Synonyme: cauterant

2. Medical procedure C1 formal medical

   The medical procedure of destroying tissue or coagulating blood using a hot instrument, electric current, caustic substance, or extreme cold.

   • Cautery was performed to stop the bleeding during surgery.
   • The dermatologist recommended cautery for the removal of the mole.
   • Electrocautery is a common technique in minor surgical procedures.

   🇩🇪Kauterisation

   Synonyme: cauterisationcauterization

• cauteries plural form
• cauteries' possessive plural form
• cautery's possessive singular form