cautery

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. 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:
cauterant
• Derivationally related forms:
cauterize (for: cauterant), cauterize, cauterise
• Hypernyms:
instrument
• Hyponyms:
cryocautery, searing iron
2. the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing
• Syn:
cauterization, cauterisation
• Derivationally related forms:
cauterise (for: cauterisation), cauterize (for: cauterization), cauterize, cauterise
• Hypernyms:
operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
• Hyponyms:
cryocautery, thermocautery

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  cauterization, cauterisation, cauterant