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Words related to caustic

caus·tic
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  • caustic curve

    a curve formed by the intersection of a caustic surface with a plane

  • catacaustic

    (of a caustic curve or surface) formed by reflected light rays

  • caustic surface

    a surface that envelopes the light rays reflected or refracted by a curved surface

  • cauterant

    caustic; cauterizing

  • cauterize

    If a doctor cauterizes a wound, he or she burns it with heat or with a chemical in order to close it up and prevent it from becoming infected.

  • potassium hydroxide

    a white, deliquescent, water-soluble solid, KOH, usually in the form of lumps, sticks, or pellets, that upon solution in water generates heat: used chiefly in the manufacture of soap, as a laboratory reagent, and as a caustic.
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