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Showing words for CAUTERY using the English dictionary
7 Letter Words for Cautery
cautery
6 Letter Words for Cautery
acture, acuter, autecy, catery, cauter, cruety, curate
5 Letter Words for Cautery
acute, autre, caret, carey, carte, carty, cater, catur, cerat, certy, crate, craye, creta, cruet, curat, curet, cuter, cutey, ecart, eruca, eruct, react, recut, tayer, teary, trace, truce, tuyer, urate, yurta
4 Letter Words for Cautery
acer, acre, actu, aret, arte, arty, atry, aute, ayre, care, cart, cate, cera, cert, cray, crue, crut, cura, cure, curt, cury, cute, cuya, cyte, ecru, erat, eruc, etua, eyra, race, racy, rate, ratu, rect, ruta, tace, tare, taur, tear, teca, tera, trac, tray, trey, true, trye, tyer, urea, yare, yate, year, yeat, yeta, yuca, yurt
3 Letter Words for Cautery
ace, act, acy, aer, arc, are, art, aru, ary, ate, aye, ayr, ayu, car, cat, cay, cer, crt, cru, cry, cte, ctr, cue, cur, cut, ear, eat, eau, ect, ecu, era, ert, eta, etc, ety, eyr, rat, ray, rct, rea, rec, rte, ruc, rue, rut, rya, rye, tar, tau, tay, tea, tec, ter, tra, try, tua, tue, tur, tuy, tye, tyr, uca, uey, ura, ure, uta, utc, ute, yar, yat, yea, yer, yet, yue
Definitions for Cautery
[1] an escharotic substance, electric current, or hot iron used to destroy tissue.
[2] the process of destroying tissue with a cautery.
[3] the coagulation of blood or destruction of body tissue by cauterizing
[4] Also called: cauterant an instrument or chemical agent for cauterizing
Words nearby Cautery
caustic potash, caustic soda, caustic surface, cauterant, cauterize, cautery, caution, caution money, cautionary, cautious, cauvery
Origin of Cautery
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin cautērium < Greek kautḗrion, equivalent to kautḗr branding iron (see cauterize) + -ion diminutive suffix
Word origin for Cautery
C14: from Old French cautère, from Latin cautērium; see cauterize