cauterizing instrument

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• electrocautery — 1. An instrument for directing a high frequency current through a local area of tissue. 2. A metal cauterizing instrument heated by an electric current. SYN: electric cautery. * * * elec·tro·cau·tery kȯt ə rē …   Medical dictionary

• cauterant — noun an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (eg removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it • Syn: ↑cautery • Derivationally related forms: ↑cauterize,… …   Useful english dictionary

• Cauterization — Cauterize redirects here. For the band, see Cauterize (band)Cauterization is a medical term describing the burning of the body to remove or close a part of it. The main forms of cauterization used today are electrocautery and chemical cautery.… …   Wikipedia

• Museum Boerhaave — Established 1931 [1] Location Lange Sint Agnietenstraat 10 Leiden, Netherlands …   Wikipedia

• cautery — [ kɔ:t(ə)ri] noun (plural cauteries) Medicine 1》 an instrument or caustic substance used for cauterizing. 2》 the action of cauterizing. Origin ME: via L. from Gk kautērion (see cauterize) …   English new terms dictionary

• cautery — [kôt′ər ē] n. pl. cauteries [ME cauterie < L cauterium < Gr kautērion] 1. an instrument or substance for cauterizing 2. the act of cauterizing …   English World dictionary

• cautery — n. (pl. ies) Med. 1 an instrument or caustic for cauterizing. 2 the operation of cauterizing. Etymology: L cauterium f. Gk kauterion: see CAUTERIZE …   Useful english dictionary

• cau|ter|y — «K tuhr ee», noun, plural ter|ies. 1. an instrument or substance used in cauterizing. 2. a cauterizing. ╂[< Latin cauterium < Greek kaut branding iron (diminutive) < kaut < kaíein burn] …   Useful english dictionary

• electrode — 1. Device to record one of the two extremities of an electric circuit; one of the two poles of an electric battery or of the end of the conductors connected thereto. 2. An electrical terminal specialized for a particular electrochemical reaction …   Medical dictionary

• Firing — Fir ing, n. 1. The act of discharging firearms. [1913 Webster] 2. The mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working it. Knight. [1913 Webster] 3. The application of fire, or of a cautery. Dunglison. [1913 Webster] 4. The process of partly …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Firing iron — Firing Fir ing, n. 1. The act of discharging firearms. [1913 Webster] 2. The mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working it. Knight. [1913 Webster] 3. The application of fire, or of a cautery. Dunglison. [1913 Webster] 4. The process of …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English