Cautery: alternatives and connections

That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical…

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

The art of healing by manual operation; that branch of medical science which treats of manual operations for the healing of diseases or injuries of t…

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Cautery by the application of heat.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

A cauterizing substance.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

The act of searing some morbid part by the application of a cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.