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Cauterize

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Verb

1. burn, cauterise, cauterize

burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent

Example Sentences:
'The surgeon cauterized the wart'

2. callous, cauterise, cauterize

make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cauterize

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verb
(transitive)
(esp in the treatment of a wound) to burn or sear (body tissue) with a hot iron or caustic agent

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Cauterize

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈcauterˌized or ˈcauterˌizing
to burn with a hot needle, a laser, a caustic substance, or an electric current, so as to destroy dead or unwanted tissue, prevent the spread of infection, seal blood vessels, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cauterize

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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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