- cautery, cauterant - 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
--1 is a kind of instrument
--1 has particulars: cryocautery; searing ironDerived forms: verb cauterize1, verb cauterise1 - cautery, cauterization, cauterisation - the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing
--2 is a kind of operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
--2 has particulars: cryocautery; thermocauteryDerived forms: verb cauterize1, verb cauterise1