"cautery" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɔːtəɹi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-cautery.wav [US] Forms: cauteries [plural]
Etymology: From Latin cauterium (“branding iron”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|cauterium|t=branding iron}} Latin cauterium (“branding iron”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} cautery (usually uncountable, plural cauteries)
  1. (surgery) The use of either extreme heat or extreme cold to either cut or seal body tissue. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-cautery-en-noun-dNAkgLQv Categories (other): Surgery Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
  2. (surgery) A device used for cutting or sealing body tissue. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (device used for cutting or sealing body tissue): kauter [masculine] (Czech), cautère [masculine] (French), cauterio [masculine] (Italian), bottone [archaic, masculine] (Italian), busunettu [masculine] (Sicilian) Translations (process of cutting or sealing body tissue with heat or cold): kauterizace [feminine] (Czech), cautérisation [feminine] (French), داغ (dag, dağ) (Ottoman Turkish), прижига́ние (prižigánije) [neuter] (Russian), dağ (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-cautery-en-noun-XlCKFg8V Categories (other): Surgery, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 9 91 Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery Disambiguation of 'device used for cutting or sealing body tissue': 9 91 Disambiguation of 'process of cutting or sealing body tissue with heat or cold': 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chemocautery, cryocautery, electrocautery, galvanocautery, microcautery, radiocautery, thermocautery Related terms: cauterise, cauterisation, cauterant

Inflected forms

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