CRYOCAUTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cryocautery mean? 

• CRYOCAUTERY (noun)
  The noun CRYOCAUTERY has 2 senses:

1. an instrument for destroying tissue by freezing it

2. application of a substance that destroys tissue by freezing it

  Familiarity information: CRYOCAUTERY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRYOCAUTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An instrument for destroying tissue by freezing it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cryocautery" is a kind of...):

cauterant; cautery (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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Application of a substance that destroys tissue by freezing it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("cryocautery" is a kind of...):

cauterisation; cauterization; cautery (the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing)