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Definition of Cauterant
1. Noun. 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.
Specialized synonyms: Cryocautery, Searing Iron
Generic synonyms: Instrument
Derivative terms: Cauterize, Cauterise, Cauterize
Definition of Cauterant
1. n. A cauterizing substance.
Definition of Cauterant
1. Noun. Any cauterizing substance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cauterant
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Cauterant
1. 1. Cauterizing. 2. A cauterizing agent. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cauterant
Literary usage of Cauterant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1850)
"Most probably the blood in the vessels of the cauterised part is coagulated also :
and thus the primary effect of the cauterant appears to bo, ..."
2. Diseases of Women by Harry Sturgeon Crossen (1922)
"In the office treatment, silver nitrate stick or a strong solution may be applied
as a cauterant, or carbolic acid may be used as a ..."
3. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin by John Vietch Shoemaker (1909)
"Tattoo marks may be removed by electrolysis or by the action of some cauterant,
which excites enough inflammation to destroy that portion of the skin in ..."
4. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1851)
"... of the cauterant on the divided vessels themselves, 'which, becoming shrivelled
and contracted, offer a still further impediment to the flow of blood. ..."
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