cauterize
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cau·ter·ize
(kô′tə-rīz′)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.
[Middle English cauterizen, from Late Latin cautērizāre, to cauterize, brand, from Latin cautērium, cautery; see cautery.]
cau′ter·i·za′tion (-tər-ĭ-zā′shən) n.
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cauterize
(ˈkɔːtəˌraɪz) orcauterise
vb
(Surgery) (tr) (esp in the treatment of a wound) to burn or sear (body tissue) with a hot iron or caustic agent
[C14: from Old French cauteriser, from Late Latin cautērizāre, from cautērium branding iron, from Greek kautērion, from kaiein to burn]
ˌcauteriˈzation, ˌcauteriˈsation n
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cau•ter•ize
(ˈkɔ təˌraɪz)v.t. -ized, -iz•ing.
to burn with a hot iron, electric current, fire, or a caustic, esp. for curative purposes; treat with a cautery.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin cautērizāre to brand < Greek kautḗr branding iron (kau-, variant s. of kaíein to burn + -tēr agent suffix; compare caustic) + -izāre -ize]
cau`ter•i•za′tion, n.
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cauterize
Past participle: cauterized
Gerund: cauterizing
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| Verb | 1. | cauterize - burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart" |
| 2. | cauterize - make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals |
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Translations
vypálit
ætseudbrænde
kauterisieren
polttaa
brenna fyrir
prideginti
piededzināt
dichtbrandendichtvriezentoebrandentoevriezen
vypáliť
dağlamakyakmak
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cauterize
vt (Med) → kauterisieren
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cauterize,
cauterise
(ˈkoːtəraiz) verb to burn (a wound) with a caustic substance or a hot iron (to destroy infection).
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cau·ter·ize
v. cauterizar, quemar por medio de un agente cauterizante.
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cauterize
vt cauterizarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.