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[syn: cautery, cauterant]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cauterant \Cau"ter*ant\, n.
A cauterizing substance.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cauterant
n 1: 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 [syn: cautery, cauterant]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "cauterant":
acid, actual cautery, brand, brand iron, branding iron, burning,
calefacient, calefactive, calefactory, caustic, cauter, cauterizer,
cautery, chafing, corrosive, electrocautery, escharotic, heating,
hot iron, lunar caustic, mordant, moxa, potential cautery, radium,
warming