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

2 senses of cryocautery

Sense 1
cryocautery -- (an instrument for destroying tissue by freezing it)
       => 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)

Sense 2
cryocautery -- (application of a substance that destroys tissue by freezing it)
       => cautery, cauterization, cauterisation -- (the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing)