cauterizing
111firing iron — noun : an iron used by veterinarians in cauterizing or firing a horse …
112cau|ter|ant — «K tuhr uhnt», noun, adjective. –n. a caustic or cauterizing substance. –adj. having to do with cautery; that cauterizes; caustic …
113cau|ter — «K tuhr», noun. a surgical instrument for burning or cauterizing. ╂[< Late Latin cautēr < Greek kaut branding iron < kaíein burn] …
114e|lec|tro|cau|ter|y — «ih LEHK troh K tuhr ee», noun, plural ter|ies. 1. the process of cauterizing with an electrically heated wire. 2. the instrument thus used: »More recently electrocauteries were devised by which small bleeding vessels could be coagulated without… …
115mox|a — «MOK suh», noun. 1. a soft, downy substance prepared from dried leaves of a Chinese and Japanese wormwood. It is used in China and Japan to burn on the skin as a counterirritant or cauterizing agent. 2. the plant itself. 3. any substance… …
116mox|i|bus|tion — «MOK suh BUHS chuhn», noun. the use of moxa in medicine, especially as a cauterizing agent: »Next, the doctor resorted to another traditional Chinese treatment called moxibustion: he lit two pieces of an herb called ai or ngai (Artemisia vulgaris …
