Hyphenation of cautery

Are you trying to hyphenate cautery? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

cautery

Definitions of cautery:

1.	An instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (eg removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it
2.	The act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing

Synonyms of cautery:

noun	cauterant, instrument
noun	cauterization, cauterisation, operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.