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

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

Declension of cauter

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) cauter	cauterul	(niște) cautere	cauterele
genitive/dative	(unui) cauter	cauterului	(unor) cautere	cauterelor
vocative	cauterule		cauterelor