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Definition of Cauterise

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

2. Verb. Make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals.

Definition of Cauterise

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Cauterise

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)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cauterise

causticities causticity causticization causticness caustics caut cautel cautelous cautelousness cautels

cauter cauterant cauterants cauteries cauterisation cauterise cauterised cauteriser cauterisers cauterises

cauterising cauterism cauterisms cauterization cauterizations cauterize cauterized cauterizer cauterizers cauterizes

Literary usage of Cauterise

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

1. A German-English dictionary of terms used in medicine and the allied sciences by Hugo Lang, Bertram Abrahams (1905)
"... bandage eiben, vi to remain closed ennen, vl to cauterise, close heating Zueignen, vt to ascribe, dedicate Zuerkennen, vt to adjudicate, acknowledge it, ..."

2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"See Chalk. ^fA similar corruption is seen in crayfish. Cauterise, to bum with caustic. (F., - Gk.) The pp. cauterized is in Holland's Pliny, bk. xxxvi. c. ..."

3. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1851)
"... it is sufficient to cauterise once in twenty-four boors, particularly if the sores be numerous or large. More frequent applications might be useful, ..."

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