cauter

English

Etymology

From French cautère, Latin cauterium, from Ancient Greek καυτήρ (kautḗr), variant of καυστήρ (kaustḗr, “cauterizing apparatus”), from καίω (kaíō, “burn”)). Compare caustic, cautery.

Noun

cauter (plural cauters)

1. A hot iron for searing or cauterizing.
   • 1611, Randle Cotgrave, A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues. Compiled by Randle Cotgrave:

     The punctuall, or pointed cauter; is almost square, and altogether Sharpe pointed

Derived terms

• cauterism

 

References

• “cauter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• acture, acuter, curate

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cautère, from Latin cauterium.

Noun

cauter n (plural cautere)

1. cautery

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cauter	cauterul		cautere	cauterele
genitive-dative	cauter	cauterului		cautere	cauterelor
vocative	cauterule			cauterelor