Cautery

(haw'-ter-e) [nauzTjpwv, a branding- iron]. A metal instrument heated by the electric current or in a flame, used to destroy tissue or for producing co'unterirritation. Syn., Inustorium. C, Actual, the white-hot iron. C, Button-, an iron heated in hot * CAVA 254 * CELIA heated by electricity. C, Nummular, a cautery iron fitted with a coin-shaped disc. C, Paquelin's, a hollow platinum point kept at a uniform temperature by a current of benzene vapor; a thermocautery. C, Potential, C, Virtual, the application of caustic substances. C, Solar, a lens for concentrating the rays of the sun upon a part to be cauterized. C, Steam. See At- mocausis. C, Thermo-. See Thermocau- tery. * Cava ika'-vali) [L.]. i. A vena cava. 2. Any external cavity or hollow of the body.

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