Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
cauterer
German translation:
someone who practises cauterizing
Added to glossary by
Dave Calderhead
May 29, 2006 00:45
18 yrs ago
English term
cauterer
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Finde nur vage Hinweise - es ist auf jeden Fall eine Berufsbezeichnung, etwas Ähnliches wie ein Bader oder Barbier vielleicht ... Kontext ist England, 16. Jh.
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| 4 +4 | someone who practises cauterizing |
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May 29, 2006 02:35: sarahl (X) changed "Language pair" from "English" to "English to German"
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someone who practises cauterizing
which is sealing a wound by searing it with heat or a caustic substance
a painful but effetive way of stopping any further loss of blood after surgery of some sort.
the cauterer was probably a surgeons assistant
see OED:
cautery /"k<revc>:t(<schwa>)ri/ n.LME. [L cauterium f. Gk kauterion branding-iron, f. kaiein to burn.]
1 A metal instrument or caustic substance for searing tissue.
LME.
2 The action of cauterizing. LME.
1 actual cautery arch. a hot iron for cauterizing.
potential cautery arch. a caustic substance used for cauterizing.
a painful but effetive way of stopping any further loss of blood after surgery of some sort.
the cauterer was probably a surgeons assistant
see OED:
cautery /"k<revc>:t(<schwa>)ri/ n.LME. [L cauterium f. Gk kauterion branding-iron, f. kaiein to burn.]
1 A metal instrument or caustic substance for searing tissue.
LME.
2 The action of cauterizing. LME.
1 actual cautery arch. a hot iron for cauterizing.
potential cautery arch. a caustic substance used for cauterizing.
Peer comment(s):
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jccantrell
: Was my thought too. Barbers were originally billed as "barber and surgeon" so, yeah, the guy who now sweeps up the cut hair used to slap hot iron on the surgeries!
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Thanks, JC (:-{)> always handy if the shave gets too close!
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David Knowles
7 hrs
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Thanks, David (:-{)>
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Alfa Trans (X)
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Thanks, Marju (:-{)>
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Christopher Crockett
: Interesting that "cauterer" does *not* seem to appear in the OED, however.
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