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cauterant

English

  1. 🔊 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

Similar words

cautery 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