cautery

Definitions

1. The use of either extreme heat or extreme cold to either cut or seal body tissue.
   uncountable, usually
2. A device used for cutting or sealing body tissue.
   uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“Modern doctors nod benignly at some of the remedies and principles in Bald's Leechbook, but none has a good word to say⟳ for bloodletting - nor for cautery, the other medieval method of balancing the humours.”

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