cauterize

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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cauterize or -ise

Verb

[-izing, -ized] or -ising, -ised to burn (a wound) with heat or a caustic agent to prevent infection [Greek kaiein to burn]

cauterization
-isation n

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cauterize  (kôt-rz)

To burn or sear with a cautery, as in surgical procedures.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	cauterize - burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart" cauterise, burn care for, treat - provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics"
	2.	cauterize - make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals callous, cauterise inure, indurate, harden - cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold"

Translations

cauterize [ˈkɔːtəraɪz] vt → cauterizar

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cauterize [ˈkɔːtəraɪz] vt → kauterisieren

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cauterize

v cauterize, cauterise [ˈkoːtəraiz]

to burn (a wound) with a caustic substance or a hot iron (to destroy infection). toeskroei يَكْوي جُرْحا обгарям vypálit ætse; udbrænde ausbrennen καυτηριάζω cauterizar (kuuma rauaga) põletama, söövitama سوزاندن polttaa cautériser לִצרוֹב संक्रमण खत्म करने के लिए लोहे से दागना ispaliti kiéget membakar brenna fyrir cauterizzare 焼灼する 태우다, 지지다 prideginti piededzināt melecuhkan dichtschroeien brenne, etse wypalać (ranę) cauterizar a cauteriza прижигать vypáliť (ranu) izžgati; izjedkati spržiti kauterisera, bränna ทำให้แผลไหม้ด้วยความร้อนหรือสารเคมี dağlamak, yakmak 燒灼；烙 припікати گرم لوہے یا کیمیائی طریق سے جلانا đốt (trong y học) 烧灼；烙