cauter
English
editEtymology
editFrom French cautère, Latin cauterium, from Ancient Greek καυτήρ (kautḗr), variant of καυστήρ (kaustḗr, “cauterizing apparatus”), from καίω (kaíō, “burn”)). Compare caustic, cautery.
Noun
editcauter (plural cauters)
- 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
editReferences
edit- “cauter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editRomanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French cautère, from Latin cauterium.
Noun
editcauter n (plural cautere)
Declension
editDeclension of cauter
singular | plural | |||
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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 |
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