cautery

cautery is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. The iron of other agent in cauterizing.
3. noun. the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing

   Synonyms: cauterisation, cauterization

4. noun. 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

   Synonyms: cauterant

Synonyms

cauterisation, cauterization, cauterant

Common word forms

cauteries

Words from these letters

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