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Ablation vs Cauterize - What's the difference?

ablation | cauterize |

As a noun ablation

is (obsolete) a carrying or taking away; removal .

As a verb cauterize is

(chiefly|us spelling) to burn, sear, or freeze tissue using a hot iron, electric current or a caustic agent.

ablation

English

(wikipedia ablation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A carrying or taking away; removal.
  • (medicine) The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ function; amputation.
  • (sciences) The progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes such as vaporization under heat or chipping.
  • (geology) The removal of a glacier by melting and evaporation; the lowering of a land surface by any of several means, as in wind erosion, mass wasting.

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    cauterize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (cauteriz)
  • (chiefly, US spelling) To burn, sear, or freeze tissue using a hot iron, electric current or a caustic agent.