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cauteries

cauteries is the plural of cautery.

Meaning of cautery

Noun

cautery (usually uncountable, plural cauteries)

  1. (usually) The use of either extreme heat or extreme cold to either cut or seal body tissue.
    • Modern doctors nod benignly at some of the remedies and principles in Bald's Leechbook, but none has a good word to say for bloodletting - nor for cautery, the other medieval method of balancing the humours.1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000, page 129
  2. (usually) A device used for cutting or sealing body tissue.

Questions about cauteries

What is cauteries the plural of?
Cauteries is the plural of cautery.

Words near cauteries in the dictionary

  1. cautelousness
  2. cautels
  3. cauter
  4. cauterant
  5. cauterants
  6. cauteries
  7. cauterisation
  8. cauterisations
  9. cauterise
  10. cauterised
  11. cauteriser

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