Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cauterization"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cauterization \Cau`ter*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. caut[`e]risation.]
(Med.)
The act of searing some morbid part by the application of a
cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cauterization
n : the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a
hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing [syn: {cautery},
{cauterisation}]
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