cauterize
pronunciation
How to pronounce cauterize in British English:
UK [ˈkɔ:təraɪz]
How to pronounce cauterize in American English:
US ['kɔtəraɪz]
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- Verb:
- burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent
- make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals
Word Origin
- cauterize
- cauterize: see holocaust
- cauterize (v.)
- c. 1400, from Old French cauterisier, from Late Latin cauterizare "to burn or brand with a hot iron," from Greek kauteriazein, from kauter "burning or branding iron," from kaiein "to burn" (see caustic). Related: Cauterized; cauterizing.
Example
- 1. Doctors decided to cauterize the wound .
- 2. Did he cauterize the main arteries ?
- 3. Marty , you did not cauterize the stems .
- 4. It 's small . Get the bovie and cauterize it .