CAUTERANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cauterant mean? 

• CAUTERANT (noun)
  The noun CAUTERANT has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: CAUTERANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAUTERANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cauterant; cautery

Hypernyms ("cauterant" is a kind of...):

instrument (a device that requires skill for proper use)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cauterant"):

cryocautery (an instrument for destroying tissue by freezing it)

searing iron (a hot iron used to destroy tissue)

Derivation:

cauterize (burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent)