See Also: cauterize(medicine)
Cauterize(health)
cauterize(dictionary)
cauterize(dictionary)

cauterize (iou)



cauterize verb trans. Also cauterise. LME.
[Old & mod. French cauteriser from late Latin cauterizare from Greek kauteriazein, from kauterion: see CAUTERY, -IZE.]
Burn or sear with heat or a caustic substance, esp. in surgical operations. LME.
fig. Deaden, make insensible or callous. L16.
Southey Custom soon cauterizes human sympathy.
cauteri'zation noun LME.