Dictionary Entry
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
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- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
The iron of other agent in cauterizing.
- 3noun
the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing
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- 4noun
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
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