CAUTERIUM
\kɔːtˈi͡əɹɪəm], \kɔːtˈiəɹɪəm], \k_ɔː_t_ˈiə_ɹ_ɪ__ə_m]\
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A substance, used for 'firing,' burning or disorganizing the parts to which it is applied. Cauteries were divided by the ancients into actual and potential. The word is now restricted to the red-hot iron; or to positive burning. It was, formerly, much used for preventing hemorrhage from divided arteries; and also with the same views as a blister. The term Poten'tial Cautery, Caute'rium potentia'le, Ignis potentia'lis, (F.) Feu potentiel, was generally applied to the causticum commune, but it is now used synonymously with caustic in general. Cautere also means an issue.
By Robley Dunglison
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).