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cauterization

American  
[kaw-tuh-riz-ay-shuhn, -rahyz-] / ˌkɔ tə rɪzˈeɪ ʃən, -raɪz- /

noun

cauterizations plural
  1. an act or instance of cauterizing.


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Chen, however, told Lisa Wolff that her husband’s lower leg was ischemic and had received no blood due to Wang’s cauterization of the popliteal artery.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 13, 2025

When light and warmth dwindle, a layer of cells starts to spread where leaf stalk meets twig, like cauterization.

From Scientific American Sep. 30, 2022

Other harmful or nonmedical procedures, including piercing, pricking, incising, scraping and cauterization.

From New York Times May 24, 2019

Not sure, though I do wonder if that was television's first cauterization by blowtorch.

From Slate Feb. 13, 2013

It was a rough-and-ready cauterization, and the pain made Martin white, but later on it earned the commendation of the doctor.

From The Revellers by Tracy, Louis

The utmost caution should be used to avoid deep cauterizations; they are almost certain to set up perichondritis which will increase the stenosis.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

D, Completely and permanently cured after repeated cauterizations.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

Then came spinal pain and irregular menstruation, a long course of local cauterizations of the womb, spinal braces, and endless tonics and narcotics.

From Fat and Blood An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria by Mitchell, John K.

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