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Cautery vs Laser - What's the difference?

cautery | laser |

As nouns the difference between cautery and laser

is that cautery is (medical) the process of using either extreme heat or extreme cold to either cut or seal body tissue while laser is .

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

    laser

    English

    Etymology 1

    From LASER, Originally called an optical maser .

    Noun

    (wikipedia laser) (en noun)
  • A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light.
  • A laser printer.
  • * 2004 , PC Mag (volume 23, number 9, 18 May 2004, page 117)
    • The bad news is that nearly every color laser is too big to share a desk with comfortably.
    Synonyms
    * LASER ( acronym of light amplification by the stimulated emission of radiation ) * optical maser , optical MASER
    Related terms
    * antilaser * lase * Laserdisc, laser disc, laser disk * laserless * laserlike * laser printer * maser * nonlaser * quantum cascade laser
    See also
    * Taser

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cut with a
  • (sports) To throw with laser-like precision
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 2, author=Dave Perkins, title=Steelers tiptoe past Cards, work=Toronto Star citation
    • , passage=None was any more sensational than No.6, a fantastic 27-23 last-gasp win over the Arizona Cardinals, cemented by a brilliant toe-sticking TD catch by Santonio Holmes in the back of the end zone with 35 seconds remaining on a pass lasered by quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. }}

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Alternative forms

    * lasar

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gum resin obtained from certain umbelliferous plants.
  • Such a plant.
    • Related terms
    * laserpicium * Laserpithium
    See also
    * silphium, silfium, silphion

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