cautery noun. ['kɔ:t(ǝ)ri] LME.
[Latin cauterium from Greek kautērion branding-iron, from kaiein to burn.]
1. A metal instrument or caustic substance for searing tissue. LME.
actual cautery arch. a hot iron for cauterizing. potential cautery arch. a caustic substance used for cauterizing.

2. The action of cauterizing. LME.
fig.:
■ W. Owen Their senses in some scorching cautery of battle Now long since ironed.

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