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Meanings of cauterant in English

Catalan
cauteri

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.

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Examples for "cautery"
Examples for "cautery"
1
Meantime for some wounds, at any rate, time had brought swift cautery!
Marcella
2
They bled him with a penknife, and heated the iron for the cautery.
History of King Charles the Second of England
3
The cautery is to be used with a transformer, or a storage battery.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy / A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy a...
4
These Welsh mothers and grandmothers won't allow cautery at any price.
The Amazing Marriage — Volume 4
5
Here the beneficial action of the cautery and the blister may be largely problematical.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot
Usage of cauterant in English
1
This is usually of traumatic or cauterant origin.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy / A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy a...
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Translations for cauterant
Catalan
cauteri
Cauterant through the time