cauterize

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cauterize

/ˈkɔːtəɹaɪz/ UK
/ˈkoːtəɹɑjz/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈkɔtəɹaɪz/ US
[ˈkʰɔɾəɹaɪz] US
/ˈkɑtəɹaɪz/ US, cot caught merger
[ˈkʰɑɾəɹaɪz] US, cot caught merger
/ˈkoːtəɹɑez/ Australia, New Zealand
/ˈkɔtəɾaɪz/ Scotland
/ˈkɔːtəɾaɪz/ Wales

Where it comes from

From Middle French cauteriser, from Late Latin cauterizō (“to burn with a hot iron”), from Ancient Greek καυτηριάζω (kautēriázō, “to brand”), from καυτήρ (kautḗr, “branding iron”), from καίω (kaíō, “to burn”).

verb cauterizes · cauterizing · cauterized · cauterise

To burn and hence seal open tissue using a heated article or caustic agent so as to stop bleeding or minimise the risk of infection. […] Lanfrank takes Notice of Tract. 3. Doct. 3. cap. 18. ſaying, "I have ſeen many who being full of Humours, have made an Iſſue under the Knee, before due Purgation had been premis'd; whence, by reaſon of the too great Defluxion of Humours, the Legs tumified, ſo that the cauterized Place corrupted,

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verb burn tissue

Español	cauterizar
日本語	焼灼する shōshaku suru
中文	燒灼 /烧灼 shāozhuó, 灼 zhuó, 灸 as in moxibustion
Kiswahili	pisha
Português	cauterizar
Français	cautériser
Deutsch	kauterisieren
Ελληνικά	καυτηριάζω kaftiriázo
Русский	прижига́ть prižigátʹ, приже́чь prižéčʹ

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@misc{cauterize_2026,
  title = {cauterize},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cauterize},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}