Cauterizer

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who, or that which, cauterizes.

    "Various wands and clippers and cauterizers went into other little holes, and while watching the screens, the two doctors moved them around as if working joysticks on a video game."

Example

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"Various wands and clippers and cauterizers went into other little holes, and while watching the screens, the two doctors moved them around as if working joysticks on a video game."

Etymology

From cauterize + -er.

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