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cauterize
(redirected from cauterized)

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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.

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

cauter·i·zation (-tr--zshn) n.

cauterize, cauterise [ˈkɔːtəˌraɪz]
vb
(Medicine / Surgery) (tr) (esp in the treatment of a wound) to burn or sear (body tissue) with a hot iron or caustic agent
[from Old French cauteriser, from Late Latin cautērizāre, from cautērium branding iron, from Greek kautērion, from kaiein to burn]
cauterization , cauterisation n

cauterize  (kôt-rz)
To burn or sear with a cautery, as in surgical procedures.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.cauterize - burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart"
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
inure, indurate, harden - cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold"
Translations
cauterize [ˈkɔːtəraɪz] VTcauterizar

cauterize [ˈkɔːtəraɪz] cauterise (British) vt [+ wound] → cautériser

cauterize
vt (Med) → kauterisieren

cauterize [ˈkɔːtəˌraɪz] vtcauterizzare
cauterize [ˈkɔːtəˌraɪz] vtcauterizzare

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 소작하다 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) ;烙


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