CAUTERIZE

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


Etymology

Verb

cauterize (third-person singular simple present cauterizes, present participle cauterizing, simple past and past participle cauterized)

(American spelling, Canadian spelling, Oxford) To burn, sear, or freeze tissue using a hot iron, electric current or a caustic agent.

Source: Wiktionary


Cau"ter*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cauterized; p. pr. & vb. n. Cauterizing.] Etym: [L. cauterizare, Gr. cautérised.. See cauter.]

1. To burn or sear with a cautery or caustic. Dunglison.

2. To sear, as the conscience. Jer. Taylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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