cautery

/kaw-tuh-ree/US // ˈkɔ tə ri //UK // (ˈkɔːtərɪ) //

烧灼术,灼烧术,烧灼法,烧灼

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural cau·ter·ies.
- : an escharotic substance, electric current, or hot iron used to destroy tissue.
- : the process of destroying tissue with a cautery.

Monell, Bigelow, Massey, and Bartholow know electricity about the nose only as a cautery.
If the spurting blood should cool the cautery, take another.
He brought in a cautery, a furnace, and other terrible instruments used then in medical practice.
Perhaps we needed a surgeon who would use knife and cautery.
In cautery, the area where fire is to be placed is marked with ink in the shape of a myrtle leaf.