thermocautery

English Thesaurus

1. cautery (destruction of tissue) by heat (noun.act)

hypernym	:	cauterisation, cauterization, cautery,
definition	:	the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing (noun.act)

hyponym	:	electrocautery,
definition	:	application of a needle heated by an electric current to destroy tissue (as to remove warts) (noun.act)