Word of the Day:
cautery
What It Means
The use of either extreme heat or extreme cold to either cut or seal body tissue.
A device used for cutting or sealing body tissue.
Cautery in Context
“Modern doctors nod benignly at some of the remedies and principles in Bald's Leechbook, but none has a good word to say for bloodletting - nor for cautery, the other medieval method of balancing the humours.”
Did You Know?
From Latin cauterium (“branding iron”).
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