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surgical procedure vs cautery

cautery vs surgical procedure

surgical procedure and cautery both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
surgical procedure Yes No No No
cautery Yes No No No
As nouns, cautery is a hyponym of surgical procedure; that is, cautery is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than surgical procedure:
  • surgical procedure: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
  • cautery: the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing
surgical procedure (noun) cautery (noun)
a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing
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
Difference between surgical procedure and cautery

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