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cauterizer

cauterizer noun: one who, or that which, cauterizes.

Noun

cauterizer (plural cauterizers)

  1. One who, or that which, cauterizes.
    • Various wands and clippers and cauterizers went into other little holes, and while watching the screens, the two doctors moved them around as if working joysticks on a video game.2007 April 3, Charles Mcgrath, “Atul Gawande Rocks in the O.R.”, in New York Times

Forms of cauterizer

pluralcauterizers

Origin of cauterizer

From cauterize + -er.

Words formed from cauterizer

Questions about cauterizer

What does cauterizer mean?
Cauterizer means one who, or that which, cauterizes.
What part of speech is cauterizer?
Cauterizer is a noun.
What is the plural of cauterizer?
The plural of cauterizer is cauterizers.

Words near cauterizer in the dictionary

  1. cauterisms
  2. cauterization
  3. cauterizations
  4. cauterize
  5. cauterized
  6. cauterizer
  7. cauterizers
  8. cauterizes
  9. cauterizing
  10. cauterizing stone
  11. cauterizing stones

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