Middle English Dictionary Entry

cautērie n.
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Entry Info

Forms cautērie n.
Etymology L cautērium, from Gr.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
(a) A cauterizing operation; cauterization with a heated instrument or substance [actual ~, ~ of fir] or with herbs or a caustic or escharotic medicine [potencial ~]; (b) cauterization with a (particular) instrument or accompanying operation, as: ~ to the setoun, ~ to the knotte (to the nodel), punctual (priking) ~, rotund (round) ~, etc.
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2.
A metal instrument used for cauterizing, a cautery.
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Supplemental Materials (draft)

Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. cautery.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense 1.(a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. actual cautery.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense 1.(a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. potential cautery.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense 1.(b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. punctual cautery.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense 1.(b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. round cautery.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. cautery of fire.

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