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Definition of Cauterize

1. Verb. Burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent. "The surgeon cauterized the wart"

Definition of Cauterize

1. v. t. To burn or sear with a cautery or caustic.

Definition of Cauterize

1. Verb. To burn, sear, or freeze tissue using a hot iron, electric current or a caustic agent. ¹

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Definition of Cauterize

1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]

Medical Definition of Cauterize

1. To stop bleeding through the application of heat (thermal or electric) or a chemical substance (silver nitrate). To destroy tissue with heat, cold, or caustic substances, usually to seal off blood vessels or ducts. (16 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Cauterize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The venereal diseases, including stricture of the male urethra by Edward Lawrence Keyes (1881)
"Radical Treatment.—The Reason why Cauterization will not always arrest a Chancroid.— How to cauterize a Chancroid.—Palliative Treatment of Chancroid. ..."

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