cauteriza'tion

The act of cauterizing, of destroying living ti ue by means of heat ing.] or some other caustic. [Gr., kausis, burn cautery (kaw'ter-e). Any cauterizing agent, particularly the actual cautery, actual c. A heated iron or other apparatus for cauterization by means of actual heat, as opposed to the potential c. button c. A c. iron with a disk-shaped end. electric c, galvanic c, galvanoc. A c. apparatus in which a loop of wire or an instrument fashioned somewhat like a knife, made of platinum (selected on account of its being a comparatively poor conductor of electricity), is interposed in a galvanic circuit and heated. Paquelin's c. The so-called thermoc; an apparatus founded on the property po e ed by platinum, when heated red hot, of remaining incandescent as long as the vapor of a hydrocarbon is projected upon it. A hollow piece of platinum, varying in. shape according to the purpose in view,, is attached to a tube connected with a. reservoir of benzin, the vapor of which, is pumped into the hollow of the piece of: platinum (previously heated in the flame; of a spirit-lamp) by means of a hand bulb.. potential general term for all1, c. A agents other cauterizing than actual he at solar c. A lens (''burning gla ") used, for concentrating the rays of the sun upon. a part so as to cauterize it. thermoc. Properly, any form of actual c; as commonly used, Paquelin's c. (q. v.). virtual C. See potential c. [Gr., kauter, a. burner, kauterion, a branding iron.]