Cauteries

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cautery \Cau"ter*y\, n.; pl. {Cauteries}. [L. cauterium, Gr. ?.
     See {Cauter}.]
     1. (Med.) A burning or searing, as of morbid flesh, with a
        hot iron, or by application of a caustic that will burn,
        corrode, or destroy animal tissue.
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     2. The iron of other agent in cauterizing.
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     {Actual cautery}, a substance or agent (as a hot iron) which
        cauterizes or sears by actual heat; or the burning so
        effected.
  
     {Potential cautery}, a substance which cauterizes by chemical
        action; as, lunar caustic; also, the cauterizing produced
        by such substance.
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