Cautery
71History of medicine in Cyprus — The practice of medicine and therapeutics in Cyprus has its roots into ancient times. Many of the practices are well documented by contemporary Greek or Roman physicians, and some therapies have originated from Cyprus itself. Contents 1 Primitive …
72Calefaction — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Calefaction >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 increase of temperature increase of temperature Sgm: N 1 heating heating &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 calefaction calefaction tepefaction torrefaction Sgm: N 1 melting melting fusion …
73ПРИЖИГАНИЕ — (cauterize) разрушение ткани путем оказания на нее непосредственного теплового воздействия (с помощью термокаутера (cautery); применяется для удаления небольших бородавок или других кожных разрастании (см. также Кюретаж), а также для прекращения… …
74cauterize — vb. to destroy tissues by direct application of a heated instrument (known as a cautery): used for the removal of small warts or other growths (see also curettage) and also to stop bleeding from small vessels. Derivatives: cautery n …
75cauterise — verb 1. burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent The surgeon cauterized the wart • Syn: ↑cauterize, ↑burn • Derivationally related forms: ↑burn (for: ↑ …
76cryocautery — noun 1. an instrument for destroying tissue by freezing it • Hypernyms: ↑cautery, ↑cauterant 2. application of a substance that destroys tissue by freezing it • Hypernyms: ↑cautery, ↑cauterization, ↑cauterisation …
77cauter — ˈkȯd.ə(r) noun ( s) Etymology: earlier cautere, from Middle French cautère, from Latin cauterium more at cautery : an iron for cauterizing : cautery …
78gal|va|no|cau|ter|y — «GAL vuh noh K tuhr ee, gal VAN oh », noun, plural ter|ies. 1. a cautery consisting of a wire heated by resistance to an electric current. 2. cauterization by such means. ╂[< galvano + cautery] …
79Artemisia Chinensis — Moxa Mox a, n. [A corruption of Japan. mogusa (pronounced mongsa), an escharotic made from the plant yomigi: cf. F. moxa.] 1. (Med.) A soft woolly mass prepared from the young leaves of {Artemisia Chinensis}, and used as a cautery by burning it… …
80Artemisia Chinensis — Moxa Mox a, n. [A corruption of Japan. mogusa (pronounced mongsa), an escharotic made from the plant yomigi: cf. F. moxa.] 1. (Med.) A soft woolly mass prepared from the young leaves of {Artemisia Chinensis}, and used as a cautery by burning it… …
