Cautery
21Potential cautery — Potential Po*ten tial, a. [Cf. F. potentiel. See {Potency}.] 1. Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result; efficacious; influential. [Obs.] And hath in his effect a voice potential. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Existing in possibility,… …
22actual cautery — ac·tu·al cautery ak ch(ə w)əl , aksh wəl n an agent (as a hot iron, electrocautery, or moxa) used to destroy tissue by heat called also thermocautery compare POTENTIAL CAUTERY * * * 1. an instrument that destroys tissue by burning rather than by… …
23electric cautery — galvanic cautery electrocautery …
24actual cautery — noun : an agent (as a hot iron, electrocautery, or moxa) used to destroy tissue by heat compare potential cautery …
25potential cautery — noun : an agent (as a caustic or escharotic) used to destroy tissue by chemical action compare actual cautery …
26chemical cautery — chemocautery …
27cold cautery — cryocautery …
28gas cautery — cauterization by means of a specially controlled jet of burning gas …
29Cauteries — Cautery Cau ter*y, n.; pl. {Cauteries}. [L. cauterium, Gr. ?. See {Cauter}.] 1. (Med.) A burning or searing, as of morbid flesh, with a hot iron, or by application of a caustic that will burn, corrode, or destroy animal tissue. [1913 Webster] 2.… …
30cauterize — To apply a cautery; to burn with a cautery. * * * cau·ter·ize or Brit cau·ter·ise kȯt ə .rīz vt, ized or Brit ised; iz·ing or Brit is·ing to sear with a cautery or caustic cau·ter·iza·tion or Brit cau·ter·isa·tion .kȯt ə rə zā shən n * …