cautère
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin cautērium, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek καυτήριον (kautḗrion).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ko.tɛʁ/
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Noun
cautère m (plural cautères)
- (surgery) cautery (all senses)
Derived terms
- cautère sur jambe de bois
- cautère sur une jambe de bois
- cautériser
Further reading
- “cautère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Paronyms
- cataire
- Kaouther