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cautery

English

  1. 🔊 the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing
  2. 🔊 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

Spanish

  1. 🔊 cauterio cautery

Similar words

cauterization cauterisation cauterant