cauterism

English

Etymology

cauter +‎ -ism

Noun

cauterism (countable and uncountable, plural cauterisms)

(archaic) The use or application of a caustic; cautery.
- 1640, Edmund Chilmead, Love's Melancholy:
  the cauterisms on the legs

References

“cauterism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

cerastium

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