cauterization
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- noun
- /ˌkɔːtəraɪˈzeɪʃən/
- Specialized
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cauterización
- During surgery, cauterization was necessary to prevent infection at the incision site.
Examples
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The surgical instruments were interchanged as required to perform atraumatic grasping, incision, cauterization, and suturing of supraglottic tissue.
Academic text (2005) -
In the case of cauterization, it would seem like a double hit because a bit of excision would still be involved at the beginning of the treatment.
Blog text (20) -
That means we are forced to choose between excision and cauterization, which leaves us not a lot of choices.
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Of course you already know about the treatments that involve excision and cauterization.
Blog text (20) -
Three miscarriages, two ectopic pregnancies, followed by the cauterization of my fallopian tubes.
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The oldest description of breast cancer can be found in Egypt and dates back to approximately 1600 BC, called The Edwin Smith Papyrus, an ancient Egyptian medical text on surgical trauma that describes eight cases of tumors or ulcers of the breast that were treated by cauterization.
Blog text (4) -
The doctor used cauterization to stop the bleeding after the accident.
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After removing the tumor, the surgeon performed cauterization to ensure there was no further bleeding.
Synonyms
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A medical procedure that destroys tissue to stop bleeding and remove growths
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A medical way that uses a hot needle and electric current to remove or destroy body tissue
A way that uses heat to burn body tissue in surgery to stop bleeding or remove growths
Using heat, often electricity, to make body tissue hard to stop bleeding or remove growths
Removing body tissue by heat as a medical treatment
How Invasive
945
2.7
- Specialized
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8.2
- Specialized
43
3.9
- Specialized
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9.9
271
2.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word cauterization comes from an old Greek word meaning 'to burn' and shares the same root as caustic ('burning'), so imagine a hot iron or heat used on a wound. That's why cauterization means burning part of the body to stop bleeding or prevent infection.