Term: thermocautery: cautery (destruction of tissue) by heat
Broader: cautery: the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing | Unrelated: anti-tnf compound: a class of drugs that block the action of tumor necrosis factor (TNF); used in cases of rheumatoid arthritis because TNF instigates inflammation of the joints
Broader: cautery: the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing | Unrelated: large civet: common civet of India and southeast Asia
Broader: cautery: the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing | Unrelated: silex: a vacuum coffee maker
Broader: cautery: the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing | Unrelated: tracheid: long tubular cell peculiar to xylem
Broader: cautery: the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing | Unrelated: tonnage: a tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship
Broader: cautery: the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing | Unrelated: altocumulus: a cumulus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles
Broader: cautery: the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing | Unrelated: wolframite: a mineral consisting of iron and manganese tungstate in crystalline form; the principal ore of tungsten; found in quartz veins associated with granitic rocks
Broader: cautery: the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing | Unrelated: particolored buckeye: a buckeye marked by different colors or tints
Broader: cautery: the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing | Unrelated: polynya: a stretch of open water surrounded by ice (especially in Arctic seas)
Broader: cautery: the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing | Unrelated: industrial union: a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft