cauterize

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cau·ter·ize (also cauterise British English) /ˈkɔːtəraɪz $ ˈkɒː-/ verb [transitive]  MH medical to treat a wound or a growth on your body by burning it with hot metal, a laser, or a chemical 〔用烙铁、激光或化学物〕烧灼，烙〔伤口或肿瘤〕→ See Verb table

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cauterize• Electrodiathermy to cauterize the cervix requires a general anaesthetic and is falling into disuse.• If you're working class, you cauterize the working class in you.• But do they really cauterize the wounds of historical separation and loss?• Maybe he should have cauterized those aspects of himself long since.• He tried to scream the name but his throat felt as if it had been cauterized with a hot iron.Origin cauterize (1500-1600) French cautériser, from Latin, from cauterium “cauterizing tool”, from Greek, from kaiein; → CAUSTIC

cau·ter·ize verbChineseSyllable  

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cauterize
cau‧ter‧ize (also cauterise British English) /ˈkɔːtəraɪz $ ˈkɒː-/ verb [transitive]medical to treat a wound or a growth on your body by burning it with hot metal, a laser, or a chemical

caut·er·ize (BrE also caut·er·ise) BrE /ˈkɔːtəraɪz/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkɔːtəraɪz/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they cauterize BrE /ˈkɔːtəraɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkɔːtəraɪz/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it cauterizes BrE /ˈkɔːtəraɪzɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkɔːtəraɪzɪz/ 🔊past simple cauterized BrE /ˈkɔːtəraɪzd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkɔːtəraɪzd/ 🔊past participle cauterized BrE /ˈkɔːtəraɪzd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkɔːtəraɪzd/ 🔊 -ing form cauterizing BrE /ˈkɔːtəraɪzɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkɔːtəraɪzɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth (medical 医学) to burn a wound, using a chemical or heat, in order to stop the loss of blood or to prevent infection 烧灼，烙（用化学药剂或高温烧灼伤口以止血或消毒）