Cooked
Cooked
Cooked (/kʊkt/), from the Old English cocian, meaning to prepare food by heating, is a term used in various medical contexts. It is often used to describe the process of preparing food to make it safe for consumption, but can also refer to the state of a tissue or organ that has been subjected to heat or radiation.
Etymology
The term "cooked" comes from the Old English cocian, which means to prepare food by heating. This term has been used in the English language since at least the 14th century.
Medical Usage
In a medical context, "cooked" can refer to the state of a tissue or organ that has been subjected to heat or radiation. For example, in Radiation Therapy, tissues are often described as being "cooked" when they have been exposed to a sufficient amount of radiation to kill cancer cells.
Related Terms
- Baking: A method of cooking food that uses prolonged dry heat, usually in an oven, but also in hot ashes, or on hot stones.
- Boiling: The rapid vaporization of a liquid, which occurs when a liquid is heated to its boiling point, that is, the temperature at which the vapor pressure of the liquid is equal to the pressure exerted on the liquid by the surrounding atmosphere.
- Frying: Cooking food in oil or another fat, a technique that originated in ancient Egypt around 2500 BC.
- Grilling: A form of cooking that involves dry heat applied to the surface of food, commonly from above, below or from the side.
- Roasting: Cooking method that uses dry heat where hot air envelops the food, cooking it evenly on all sides with temperatures of at least 150 °C (~300 °F) from an open flame, oven, or other heat source.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Cooked
- Wikipedia's article - Cooked
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