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Ablation vs Cautery - What's the difference?

ablation | cautery |

As nouns the difference between ablation and cautery

is that ablation is (obsolete) a carrying or taking away; removal while cautery is (medical) the process of using either extreme heat or extreme cold to either cut or seal body tissue.

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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    cautery

    English

    Noun

    (cauteries)
  • (medical) The process of using either extreme heat or extreme cold to either cut or seal body tissue.
  • (medical) A device used for cutting or sealing body tissue.

    • See also

    * cauterise * cauterisation * cauterant