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Cauterization

noun

The act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing. Synonyms: cauterisation, cautery.

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... for, and badly infected wounds, the part may become badly swollen, the granulations pile up and the wound refuse to "heal over." It may be advisable in such cases to cut away the excessive granulations and stop the haemorrhage by cauterization with a red-hot iron, or by compression. Unhealthy granulations may be kept down by ...

— Common Diseases of Farm Animals • R. A. Craig, D. V. M.

... is a distressing inflammation of the mouth of individuals that have sucked the wounds containing venom. This custom is still quite common, and is preferred by the laity to the surer and much wiser method of immediate cauterization by fire. There is a curious case reported of a young man who was bitten on the ankle by a viper; he had not sucked the wound, but he presented such an enormous swelling of the tongue as to be almost provocative of a fatal issue. In this case the lingual swelling ...

— Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine • George M. Gould

Words linked to "Cauterization" : cauterisation, cauterize, operation, surgical process, surgery, cryocautery, thermocautery, surgical operation, surgical procedure