cautery

[kaw-tuh-ree] /ˈkɔ tə ri/
noun, plural cauteries.
1.
an escharotic substance, electric current, or hot iron used to destroy tissue.
2.
the process of destroying tissue with a cautery.
Origin
1350-1400; Middle English < Latin cautērium < Greek kautḗrion, equivalent to kautḗr branding iron (see cauterize) + -ion diminutive suffix
Examples from the web for cautery
  • Thermal cautery is not used on acrylic nails because they are flammable.
British Dictionary definitions for cautery

cautery

/ˈkɔːtərɪ/
noun (pl) -teries
1.
the coagulation of blood or destruction of body tissue by cauterizing
2.
Also called cauterant. an instrument or chemical agent for cauterizing
Word Origin
C14: from Old French cautère, from Latin cautērium; see cauterize
Word Origin and History for cautery
n.

1540s, from Latin cauterium "branding iron," from Greek kauterion (see cauterize).

cautery in Medicine

cautery cau·ter·y (kô'tə-rē)
n.

  1. An agent or instrument used to destroy tissue by burning, searing, cutting, or scarring, including caustic and electric currents, lasers.

  2. The act or process of cauterizing.

cautery in Science
cautery
  (kô'tə-rē)   
An agent or instrument used to destroy tissue, as in surgery, by burning, searing, cutting, or scarring, including caustic substances, electric currents, and lasers.