Home › Words › C › cautercautercauter means A hot iron for searing or cauterizing.EtymologyFrom French cautère, Latin cauterium, from Ancient Greek καυτήρ (kautḗr), variant of καυστήρ (kaustḗr, “cauterizing apparatus”), from καίω (kaíō, “burn”)). Compare caustic, cautery.nounA hot iron for searing or cauterizing.e.g.“The punctuall, or pointed cauter; is almost square, and altogether Sharpe pointed” — 1611, Randle Cotgrave, A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues. Compiled by Randle Cotgrave:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.cauterizer 78% match — One who, or that which, cauterizes. vs cauter →cauterization 77% match — The act of searing organic tissue by the application of a cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application. vs cauter →cauterant 77% match — Any substance that cauterizes vs cauter →cauterism 76% match — The use or application of a caustic; cautery. vs cauter →cauterize 76% match — To burn and hence seal open tissue using a heated article or caustic agent so as to stop bleeding or minimise the risk of infection. vs cauter →cautery 71% match — The use of either extreme heat or extreme cold to either cut or seal body tissue. vs cauter →causticate 66% match — To treat with a caustic substance. vs cauter →brand 65% match — A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask. vs cauter →