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Definition of Cauterants
1. cauterant [n] - See also: cauterant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cauterants
Literary usage of Cauterants
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Treatment of Skin Cancers by William Samuel Gottheil (1907)
"NON-SELECTIVE cauterants. 12. INTERSTITIAL ALCOHOL INJECTIONS. The injection of
30 to 50% alcohol for the cure of carcinoma was proposed long ago by ..."
2. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1850)
"This, as a matter of course, follows the application of cauterants for any object;
but sometimes we make use of them to obtain this very result for certain ..."
3. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1838)
"The actual cauterants are used cither for their primary action, viz., the immediate
destruction of the part, or for their secondary effects. ..."
4. The Institutes of Medicine by Martyn Paine (1867)
"... and Actual cauterants. 893 c. Vesicants are by far the most important, though
mostly confined to the blistering insects. The two next groups operate ..."
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