noun
the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing
• Syn: ↑cautery, ↑cauterisation
• Derivationally related forms: ↑cauterise (for: ↑cauterisation), ↑cauterize, ↑cauterize (for: ↑cautery), ↑cauterise (for: ↑cautery)
• Hypernyms: ↑operation, ↑surgery, ↑surgical operation, ↑surgical procedure, ↑surgical process
• Hyponyms: ↑cryocautery, ↑thermocautery
Useful english dictionary. 2012.