cauterization
Americannoun
plural
cauterizationsExample Sentences
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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
She was given a simple cauterization, and no one reported her.
From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2022
He even removed 15 cancers from his own body by means of electrical cauterization.
From Slate • May 4, 2016
Radical resection or cauterization of the base is unwise because of the probable impairment of the voice, or cicatricial stenosis, without in anyway insuring against repullulation.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier
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