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Cautery :: Cautery (n.) A burning or searing, as of morbid flesh, with a hot iron, or by application of a caustic that will burn, corrode, or destroy animal tissue..

Caustic :: Caustic (a.) Alt. of Caustica.

Causticily :: Causticily (n.) The quality of being caustic; corrosiveness; as, the causticity of potash..

Carnivorous :: Carnivorous (a.) Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food; (c) to substances which destroy animal tissue, as caustics..

Metacrolein :: Metacrolein (n.) A polymeric modification of acrolein obtained by heating it with caustic potash. It is a crystalline substance having an aromatic odor.

Escharotic :: Escharotic (a.) Serving or tending to form an eschar; producing a scar; caustic.

Caustical :: Caustical (a.) Severe; satirical; sharp; as, a caustic remark..

Encaustic :: Encaustic (a.) Prepared by means of heat; burned in.

Diacaustic :: Diacaustic (n.) A curved formed by the consecutive intersections of rays of light refracted through a lens.

Satire :: Satire (a.) Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm.

Vienna Paste :: Vienna paste () A caustic application made up of equal parts of caustic potash and quicklime; -- called also Vienna caustic.

Caustical :: Caustical (a.) Capable of destroying the texture of anything or eating away its substance by chemical action; burning; corrosive; searing.

Escharotic :: Escharotic (n.) A substance which produces an eschar; a caustic, esp., a mild caustic..

Pungent :: Pungent (v. t.) Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic; stinging.

Caustic :: Caustic (a.) A caustic curve or caustic surface.

Corrode :: Corrode (v. t.) To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali..

Diacaustic :: Diacaustic (n.) That which burns by refraction, as a double convex lens, or the sun's rays concentrated by such a lens, sometimes used as a cautery..

Erodent :: Erodent (n.) A medicine which eats away extraneous growths; a caustic.

Bromoform :: Bromoform (n.) A colorless liquid, CHBr3, having an agreeable odor and sweetish taste. It is produced by the simultaneous action of bromine and caustic potash upon wood spirit, alcohol, or acetone, as also by certain other reactions. In composition it is the same as chloroform, with the substitution of bromine for chlorine. It is somewhat similar to chloroform in its effects..

Pyrotic :: Pyrotic (a.) Caustic. See Caustic.

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