SEARING IRON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hot iron used to destroy tissue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("searing iron" is a kind of...):

cauterant; cautery (an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (eg removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it)

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