cauterant

POS

Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

cau=ter=ant

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun cauterant has 1 sense

cauterant(n = noun.artifact) 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; Array

has particulars: cryocautery, searing iron

is a kind of instrument

Derived form verb cauterize₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

cauterant, n.

A cauterizing substance. [1913 Webster]

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THESAURUS

cauterant

acid, actual cautery, brand, brand iron, branding iron, burning, calefacient, calefactive, calefactory, caustic, cauter, cauterizer, cautery, chafing, corrosive, electrocautery, escharotic, heating, hot iron, lunar caustic, mordant, moxa, potential cautery, radium, warming

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