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cauterization

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

noun

plural

cauterizations
  1. an act or instance of cauterizing.


Example 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

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

He rejects treatment of the condition by surgery of the head, either by trephining or by incisions, or cauterization.

From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by Walsh, James Joseph