Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of searing organic tissue by the application of a cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application.

    прижига́ниеprižigánije

    the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing

Examples

1 sentences
  1. In antiquity, cauterization was the most used method for stopping serious hemorrhages.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
act of searing some morbid part:

Forms

plural: cauterizations

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing:cauterycauterisation

Word family

5 related words

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