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cauterer

German translation: someone who practises cauterizing

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English term or phrase:	cauterer
German translation:	someone who practises cauterizing
Entered by:	Dave Calderhead

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00:45 May 29, 2006

English to German translations [PRO]
History

English term or phrase: cauterer

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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Danke!

Sandra Becker KudoZ activity Questions: 25 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 151 Germany
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someone who practises cauterizing

Explanation:
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.