"microcautery" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: microcauteries [plural]
Etymology: micro- + cautery Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|micro|cautery}} micro- + cautery Head templates: {{en-noun}} microcautery (plural microcauteries)
  1. (surgery) A precision instrument used to make very small cauterisations Categories (topical): Surgery
    Sense id: en-microcautery-en-noun-Hx8w-v~8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with micro- Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery

Inflected forms

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