cauter

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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Definition of cauter

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A hot iron for searing or cauterizing.
    “The punctuall, or pointed cauter; is almost square, and altogether Sharpe pointed”

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Etymology

From French cautère, Latin cauterium, from Ancient Greek καυτήρ (kautḗr), variant of καυστήρ (kaustḗr, “cauterizing apparatus”), from καίω (kaíō, “burn”)). Compare caustic, cautery.

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