cautery

名词 cautery:

1. an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (eg removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it
   同义词：cauterant
2. the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing
   同义词：cauterization, cauterisation

cau.ter.y

n.（名词）
【复数】 cau.ter.ies
An agent or instrument used to destroy abnormal tissue by burning, searing, or scarring, including caustic substances, electric currents, lasers, and very hot or very cold instruments.
烧灼剂：通过烧、灼或结疤手段用于破坏不正常人体组织的药剂或仪器，包括腐蚀物质、电流、激光以及极热或极冷的仪器
The act or process of cauterizing.
烧灼：烧灼的行为或过程

来源：
Middle English cauterie
中古英语 cauterie
from Latin cautôrium [branding iron, cautery]
源自 拉丁语 cautôrium [烙铁，烧灼器]
from Greek kautôrion
源自 希腊语 kautôrion
from kaiein kau- [to burn]
源自 kaiein kau- [燃烧]