CAUTERIZATION

n. Ka4t-e2r-i2z-a's hu3n. Gr., caC<ris. Lat., cauterisatio^ adustio. Fr., cauterisation. Ger., Kauterisiren, Anbrennen, Verbrennung, Aetzung. It., cauterizzazione. Sp., cauterizacion. The act of cauterizing, of destroying living ti ue by means of heat or some other caustic. [A, 301.] C. by contact. See CAUTERISATIO per contactum.C. by points. See Punctate c. Distant c. See CAUTERISATIO in distans. Inherent c. Fr., cauterisation in he rente. Deep c. with the actual cautery. [E; L, 41.] Linear c. Fr., cauterisation lineaire. C. in a line, as with a knife-shaped cautery, the galvanic-cautery wire, or a row of fleches caustiques. [a, 18.] Neapolitan c. Fr., cauterisation napolitaine. Deep c. through an incision made for the purpose. [E.] Objective c. Fr., cauterisation objective. See CAUTERISATIO in distans. Punctate c. Fr., pointes de feu, cauterisation ponctuee. Ger.,punktformigeUstion. It., cauterizzazione punt egg i at a. Multiple deep c. with a pointed cautery. [L, 41.] Slow c. Fr., cauterisation lente. C. with the moxa. [E; L, 41.] Transcurrent c. Fr., cauterisation trans cur rente. Superficial c. by drawing a white-hot iron rapidly over the surface in transverse lines. [D, 53; L, 41.] [s. 137]