Crossword clues for cauterization
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cauterization \Cau`ter*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. caut[`e]risation.] (Med.) The act of searing some morbid part by the application of a cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1400, from Old French cauterisation (14c.) and directly from Late Latin cauterizationem (nominative cauterizatio), noun of action from past participle stem of cauterizare (see cauterize).
Wiktionary
n. The act of searing some morbid part by the application of a cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application.
WordNet
n. the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing [syn: cautery, cauterisation]
Wikipedia
The medical practice or technique of cauterization (or cauterisation, or cautery) is the burning of part of a body to remove or close off a part of it, which destroys some tissue in an attempt to mitigate bleeding and damage, remove an undesired growth, or minimize other potential medical harm, such as infections when antibiotics are unavailable. The practice was once widespread for treatment of wounds. Its utility before the advent of antibiotics was said to be effective at more than one level:
- To stop severe blood-loss and to prevent exsanguination
- To close amputations
Cautery was historically believed to prevent infection, but current research shows that cautery actually increases the risk for infection by causing more tissue damage and providing a more hospitable environment for bacterial growth.
Actual cautery refers to the metal device, generally heated to a dull red glow, that a physician applies to produce blisters, to stop bleeding of a blood vessel, and for other similar purposes.
The main forms of cauterization used today in the first world are electrocautery and chemical cautery—both are, for example, prevalent in the removal of unsightly warts. Cautery can also mean the branding of a human, either recreational or forced.
Usage examples of "cauterization".
However, the idea did not occur to me immediately, and the cauterization could not have been delayed Every second counts with such injuries.
No vital organs punctured, appears to be complete cauterization at point-of-entry, but they're still both dead.
High voltage would explain the instant cauterization and lack of bleeding.
They had no contact on any of their military wavelengths, Bisesa’s phone muttered about its continuing cauterization, no SAR teams came flapping out of the UN base in response to their patiently bleeping beacons—there was no medevac for Casey.
The ancient machines were directed to a new objective: to the elimination of waste—to cauterization, if necessary.
In any case, incising an FROB’s ultratough tegument required the tools of an engineering workshop rather than an operating theater, because the cauterization effects of using fine laser cutters, which were so necessary during internal surgery, seriously inhibited healing along the faces of tegument incisions.