cautery

Noun	1.	cautery - an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (eg removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it cauterant cryocautery - an instrument for destroying tissue by freezing it instrument - a device that requires skill for proper use searing iron - a hot iron used to destroy tissue
	2.	cautery - the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing cauterisation, cauterization surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery" cryocautery - application of a substance that destroys tissue by freezing it thermocautery - cautery (destruction of tissue) by heat

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