transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkȯ-tə-ˌrīz ]
transitive verb
( -ized ; -iz·ing )
Date: 14th century
1. : to sear with a cautery or caustic
cauterize a wound
2. : to make insensible : deaden
must oust the feeling, or cauterize it — Robert Craft
• cau·ter·i·za·tion ˌkȯ-tə-rə-ˈzā-shən noun