Term: 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
Broader: instrument: a device that requires skill for proper use | Unrelated: clubbing: a condition in which the ends of toes and fingers become wide and thick; a symptom of heart or lung disease
Broader: instrument: a device that requires skill for proper use | Unrelated: wilson's warbler: yellow wood warbler with a black crown
Broader: instrument: a device that requires skill for proper use | Unrelated: metatarsal arch: the short lateral arch formed by the heads of the metatarsals
Broader: instrument: a device that requires skill for proper use | Unrelated: cuckoldry: the practice of making cuckolds; sexual conquests of married women
Broader: instrument: a device that requires skill for proper use | Unrelated: poor person: a person with few or no possessions
Broader: instrument: a device that requires skill for proper use | Unrelated: white elephant: albinic Indian elephant; rare and sometimes venerated in east Asia
Broader: instrument: a device that requires skill for proper use | Unrelated: welsh springer spaniel: a red-and-white breed slightly smaller than the English springer spaniel
Broader: instrument: a device that requires skill for proper use | Unrelated: sophomore class: the second class in a four-year college or high school
Broader: instrument: a device that requires skill for proper use | Unrelated: element: one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe
Broader: instrument: a device that requires skill for proper use | Unrelated: gloxinia: any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowers