1 example sentence using cautery.
Cautery used in a sentence
Cautery in a sentence as a noun
Turbinate cautery feels just like having a hot soldering iron shoved way up your nose. I am also mentally ill.
Cautery definitions
noun
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
See also: cauterant
noun
the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing
See also: cauterization cauterisation