Cauterization

cau·ter·ize  (kôt-rz)

tr.v. cau·ter·ized, cau·ter·iz·ing, cau·ter·iz·es

1. To burn or sear with a cautery.

2. To deaden, as to feelings or moral scruples; callous.

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[Middle English cauterizen, from Late Latin cautrizre, to cauterize, brand, from Latin cautrium, cautery; see cautery.]

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cauter·i·zation (-tr--zshn) n.

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cauterization - the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing cauterisation, cautery surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery" cryocautery - application of a substance that destroys tissue by freezing it thermocautery - cautery (destruction of tissue) by heat