lunar caustic
noun Medicine/Medical, Chemistry.
silver nitrate, AgNO3, especially in a sticklike mold, used to cauterize tissues.
Origin of lunar caustic
First recorded in 1790–1800
Words nearby lunar caustic
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British Dictionary definitions for lunar caustic
lunar caustic
noun
silver nitrate fused into sticks, which were formerly used in cauterizing