CAUTERIZE


Meaning of CAUTERIZE in English

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

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