plural cauteries
1
: the act or effect of cauterizing : cauterization
2
: an agent (such as a hot iron or caustic) used to burn, sear, or destroy tissue
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As the doctors began the painstaking process of removing the mass — an orchestrated flurry of fingers tying knots, scalpels slicing flesh, cautery pens searing blood vessels shut — the room grew thick with anticipation.
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Megan Molteni, STAT, 21 Feb. 2024
And a resident started a fire in a Nebraska Medicine operating room by accidentally bringing a cautery too close to a flammable liquid medical adhesive.
—Max Blau, STAT, 20 Apr. 2018
That type of treatment comes in two forms: Electrocautery, which uses heat from a metal probe, and laser cautery.
—Hannah Orenstein, Seventeen, 10 Apr. 2017
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Megan Molteni, STAT, 21 Feb. 2024
And a resident started a fire in a Nebraska Medicine operating room by accidentally bringing a cautery too close to a flammable liquid medical adhesive.
—Max Blau, STAT, 20 Apr. 2018
That type of treatment comes in two forms: Electrocautery, which uses heat from a metal probe, and laser cautery.
—Hannah Orenstein, Seventeen, 10 Apr. 2017
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“Cautery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cautery. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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cautery
noun
cau·tery
ˈkȯt-ə-rē 
plural cauteries
1
: the act or effect of cauterizing : cauterization
2
: a substance or medical device used to burn, sear, or destroy tissue
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