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cautery vs surgery

surgery vs cautery

cautery and surgery both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cautery Yes No No No
surgery Yes No No No
As nouns, surgery is a hypernym of cautery; that is, surgery is a word with a broader meaning than cautery:
  • cautery: the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing
  • surgery: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
Other hypernyms of cautery include operation, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process.
cautery (noun) surgery (noun)
the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (e.g., removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted
the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures
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