CAUTERISE

callous, cauterize, cauterise

(verb) make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals

cauterize, cauterise, burn

(verb) burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; “The surgeon cauterized the wart”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

cauterise (third-person singular simple present cauterises, present participle cauterising, simple past and past participle cauterised)

To burn, sear, or freeze tissue using a hot iron, electric current or a caustic agent.

Anagrams

• cauteries

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

27 January 2025

FISSILE

(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.

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