cauterizing
- present participle of cauterize.
Example Sentences
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You’re cauterizing it, and you’re putting special clamps on the skin that squeeze down and prevent flow from coming out.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2017
Dr. Ronald Pelletier removed Jenkins’ kidney early Tuesday morning after more than an hour of snipping, cauterizing and clipping.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 4, 2017
Just as cauterizing a wound stops bleeding, they claim that lighting up hair makes it smoother-looking.
From Time ● Jul. 15, 2015
As they operate the remote controls, they no longer feel tissues when cutting, cauterizing and suturing.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2012
Next to me she laid out the Q-tips, a magnifying glass, the bottle of anesthetic, and the cauterizing instrument, which was a wooden handle with a six-inch-long thickish wire coming out of one end.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
