cauterization

cau·ter·ize

C0173700 (kô′tə-rīz′)tr.v. cau·ter·ized, cau·ter·iz·ing, cau·ter·iz·es 1. To burn or sear with a cautery.2. To deaden, as to feelings or moral scruples; callous.

[Middle English cauterizen, from Late Latin cautērizāre, to cauterize, brand, from Latin cautērium, cautery; see cautery.]

cau′ter·i·za′tion (-tər-ĭ-zā′shən) n.

cauterization

A method of destroying tissue by burning, used during surgery.

Thesaurus

Noun

cauterization - the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezingcauterisation, cauterysurgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery"cryocautery - application of a substance that destroys tissue by freezing itthermocautery - cautery (destruction of tissue) by heat

Translations

adustioncauterizzazione

Cauterization

cauterization

[‚kȯd·ə·rə′zā·shən] (medicine) Use of a device or chemical agent to coagulate or destroy tissue.

Cauterization

a medical treatment utilizing thermal, chemical, electric, or radiation burns. Cauterization is used to destroy such conditions as small skin tumors, warts, excessive granulations, and tattoos. It can be performed by diathermal coagulation, galvanocautery, chemical substances, or laser radiation. In surgical practice it is used to separate tissue and to stop bleeding (electric scalpel, laser beam). In the treatment of some inflammatory diseases, cauterizing agents in the form of a mustard plaster or ultraviolet radiation (quartz) serve a revulsive and reflex-therapeutic function.

V. B. GEL’FAND

cauterization

cautery

[kaw´ter-e] 1. a caustic substance or hot or cold instrument used in cauterization.2. cauterization.chemical cautery chemocautery.cold cautery cryocautery.electric cautery electrocautery (def. 2).

cau·ter·i·za·tion

(kaw'ter-ī-zā'shŭn), The act of cauterizing.
See also: cautery.

cauterization

Diathermy, electrodiathermy The use of heat to destroy tissues or close minute bleeding vessels Methods Thermal, electrical, cryocauterization, laser, chemicals

cau·ter·i·za·tion

(kaw'tĕr-ī-zā'shŭn) The act of cauterizing.
See also: cautery
Synonym(s): cauterisation.

cauterization

The deliberate destruction of tissue by the local application of heat using an instrument known as a cautery. This may be a simple heated probe, an electrically heated wire loop, a high-frequency electrode or a laser. See also DIATHERMY.

cauterization

Related to cauterization: cervical cauterization

noun

Synonyms for cauterization

noun the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing

Synonyms

cauterisation
cautery

Related Words

surgical operation
surgical procedure
surgical process
surgery
operation
cryocautery
thermocautery