cautery
英 ['kɔːt(ə)rɪ]
美['kɔtəri]
- n. 腐蚀；烧灼；烙术；烧灼物
英英释意
- 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
- 2. the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing