Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cautery

2 senses of cautery

Sense 1
cautery, cauterant -- (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)
       => instrument -- (a device that requires skill for proper use)

Sense 2
cautery, cauterization, cauterisation -- (the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing)
       => operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process -- (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery")