Definition of cauter

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Cauter (n.) A hot iron for searing or cauterizing.

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Burn :: Burn (v. t.) To apply a cautery to; to cauterize.
Cauterism :: Cauterism (n.) The use or application of a caustic; cautery.
Sear :: Sear (a.) To burn (the surface of) to dryness and hardness; to cauterize; to expose to a degree of heat such as changes the color or the hardness and texture of the surface; to scorch; to make callous; as, to sear the skin or flesh. Also used figuratively..
Thermocautery :: Thermocautery (n.) Cautery by the application of heat.
Cauteries :: Cauteries (pl. ) of Cauter.
Cauterant :: Cauterant (n.) A cauterizing substance.
Fire :: Fire (v. t.) To cauterize.
Cauterize :: Cauterize (v. t.) To sear, as the conscience..
Cautery :: Cautery (n.) The iron of other agent in cauterizing.
Galvanocautery :: Galvanocautery (n.) Cautery effected by a knife or needle heated by the passage of a galvanic current.
Cauterization :: Cauterization (n.) The act of searing some morbid part by the application of a cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application..
Cauterizing :: Cauterizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cauteriz.
Cauterize :: Cauterize (v. t.) To burn or sear with a cautery or caustic.
Adustion :: Adustion (n.) Cauterization.
Cautery :: Cautery (n.) A burning or searing, as of morbid flesh, with a hot iron, or by application of a caustic that will burn, corrode, or destroy animal tissue..
Cauter :: Cauter (n.) A hot iron for searing or cauterizing.
Hydra :: Hydra (n.) A serpent or monster in the lake or marsh of Lerna, in the Peloponnesus, represented as having many heads, one of which, when cut off, was immediately succeeded by two others, unless the wound was cauterized. It was slain by Hercules. Hence, a terrible monster..
Firing :: Firing (n.) The application of fire, or of a cautery..
Seared :: Seared (a.) Scorched; cauterized; hence, figuratively, insensible; not susceptible to moral influences..
Cauterized :: Cauterized (imp. & p. p.) of Cauteriz.
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