cautery

• Término médico que designa el proceso o el instrumento utilizado para destruir tejido, generalmente mediante cauterización por calor, frío o sustancias cáusticas, con fines terapéuticos como eliminar lesiones o coagular sangre.

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.

1. Instrument for tissue destructionC1formalmedical

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

   Instrumento o agente para destrucción de tejido

   • 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.

   Sinónimoscauterant

2. C1formalmedical

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

   Cauterización

   • 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.

   Sinónimoscauterisationcauterization