名詞 cautery:

1. 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
   同義詞：cauterant
2. the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing
   同義詞：cauterization, cauterisation

cau.ter.y

n.（名詞）
【復數(shù)】 cau.ter.ies
An agent or instrument used to destroy abnormal tissue by burning, searing, or scarring, including caustic substances, electric currents, lasers, and very hot or very cold instruments.
燒灼劑：通過燒、灼或結(jié)疤手段用于破壞不正常人體組織的藥劑或儀器，包括腐蝕物質(zhì)、電流、激光以及極熱或極冷的儀器
The act or process of cauterizing.
燒灼：燒灼的行為或過程

來源：
Middle English cauterie
中古英語 cauterie
from Latin cautôrium [branding iron, cautery]
源自 拉丁語 cautôrium [烙鐵，燒灼器]
from Greek kautôrion
源自 希臘語 kautôrion
from kaiein kau- [to burn]
源自 kaiein kau- [燃燒]