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/ˈkɔːtəɹi/ · noun
(surgery) The use of either extreme heat or extreme cold to either cut or seal body tissue..
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.
Use cautery when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cautery means (surgery) The use of either extreme heat or extreme cold to either cut or seal body tissue..
Common synonyms include cauterization, cauterisation.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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