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cauterisms

cauterisms is the plural of cauterism.

Meaning of cauterism

Noun

cauterism (countable and uncountable, plural cauterisms)

  1. (archaic) The use or application of a caustic; cautery.
    • the cauterisms on the legs1640, Edmund Chilmead, Love's Melancholy

Questions about cauterisms

What is cauterisms the plural of?
Cauterisms is the plural of cauterism.

Words near cauterisms in the dictionary

  1. cauteriser
  2. cauterisers
  3. cauterises
  4. cauterising
  5. cauterism
  6. cauterisms
  7. cauterization
  8. cauterizations
  9. cauterize
  10. cauterized
  11. cauterizer

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