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CRYOCAUTERY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cryocautery mean?
• CRYOCAUTERY (noun)
The noun CRYOCAUTERY has 2 senses:
1. an instrument for destroying tissue by freezing it
2. application of a substance that destroys tissue by freezing it
Familiarity information: CRYOCAUTERY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An instrument for destroying tissue by freezing it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cryocautery" is a kind of...):
cauterant; cautery (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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Application of a substance that destroys tissue by freezing it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("cryocautery" is a kind of...):
cauterisation; cauterization; cautery (the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing)
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