A person or device that cauterizes; a surgeon who specializes in cauterization, or a tool used to cauterize.
From cauterize + -er suffix denoting an agent (person or tool). Follows English patterns of creating agent nouns.
Medieval hospitals had specialists called 'cauterizers' who were actually different from regular surgeons—they were the burn specialists. Their hands were often scarred from handling hot metal all day.
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