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61female genital cutting — ▪ surgery Introduction , also called female genital mutilation (FGM), female circumcision, excision, clitoridectomy, or infibulation ritual surgical procedure that is traditional in some societies. FGC has been practiced by a wide… …
62acupuncture and moxibustion — constitute one of the most distinctive branches of Chinese medicine. Acupuncture refers to the therapeutic manipulation of needles at specific sites on the body, and moxibustion to the therapeutic warming or cauterizing of these sites with slow… …
63Li Zehou — b. 1930, Hankou Philosopher, intellectual Li Zehou is arguably the most distinguished and influential modernist philosopher of the last fifty years and one of the very few intellectual figures whose work has acquired an audience outside China.… …
64Cauterization — The use of heat to destroy abnormal cells. Also called diathermy or electrodiathermy. * * * The act of cauterizing. SEE ALSO: cautery. * * * cau·ter·iza·tion (kaw″tər ĭ zaґshən) destruction of tissue with a hot or cold… …
65Epistaxis — Medical term for nosebleed. The nose is a part of the body that is very rich in blood vessels (vascular) and is situated in a vulnerable position on the face. As a result, any trauma to the face can cause bleeding which may be profuse. Nosebleeds …
66burn — 1. To cause a lesion by heat or a similar lesion by some other agent. 2. A sensation of pain caused by excessive heat, or similar pain from any cause. 3. A lesion caused by heat o …
67cautery — 1. An agent or device used for scarring, burning, or cutting the skin or other tissues by means of heat, cold, electric current, ultrasound, or caustic chemicals. 2. Use of a c.. [G. kauterion, a branding iron] actual c. a c., such as… …
68electrocautery — 1. An instrument for directing a high frequency current through a local area of tissue. 2. A metal cauterizing instrument heated by an electric current. SYN: electric cautery. * * * elec·tro·cau·tery kȯt ə rē …
69electrode — 1. Device to record one of the two extremities of an electric circuit; one of the two poles of an electric battery or of the end of the conductors connected thereto. 2. An electrical terminal specialized for a particular electrochemical reaction …
70intrafaradization — Application of a faradic cauterizing current to the inner surface of a cavity or hollow organ …
