| NOUN | act | thermocautery | cautery (destruction of tissue) by heat |
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| Meaning | cautery (destruction of tissue) by heat. | |
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| Narrower | electrocautery | Application of a needle heated by an electric current to destroy tissue (as to remove warts) |
| Broader | cautery, cauterization, cauterisation | The act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing |
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