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
the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing
例句
用作名词 (n.)
Early lesions can be successfully treated with irradiation or cautery and curettage. 早期病变可以有效地用放射线或烧灼术和刮除术来治疗。
经典引文
Their senses in some scorching cautery of battle Now long since ironed.
美
['kɔːtərɪ]
