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cautery: 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 (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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cauterant collapse

radium collapse: an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores

mordant collapse: a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process

corrosive collapse: a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali)

caustic collapse: any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue; of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

calcination collapse: the conversion of metals into their oxides as a result of heating to a high temperature

cineration collapse

incineration collapse: the act of burning something completely; reducing it to ashes

cremation collapse: the incineration of a dead body

deflagration collapse: combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat

electrolysis collapse: removing superfluous or unwanted hair by passing an electric current through the hair root; (chemistry) a chemical decomposition reaction produced by passing an electric current through a solution containing ions

smelting collapse

oxidation collapse: the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction

suttee collapse: the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband

blazing collapse: shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the glaring sun"

combustion collapse: a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light; a state of violent disturbance and excitement; "combustion grew until revolt was unavoidable"

self-immolation collapse

surgery collapse: a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted; "he read the warning in the doctor's surgery"; the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures; "he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School"

blistering collapse: very fast; capable of quick response and great speed; "a hot sports car"; "a blistering pace"; "got off to a hot start"; "in hot pursuit"; "a red-hot line drive"; hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters; "blistering sun"

scorching collapse: hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface; "scorching heat"; capable of causing burns; "it was scorching hot"

acid collapse: street name for lysergic acid diethylamide; any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt; having the characteristics of an acid; "an acid reaction"

brand collapse: a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?"; identification mark on skin, made by burning; a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning; burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals

distillation collapse: the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors

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