1. The act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing
   - cautery, cauterisation [Brit]

Derived forms: cauterizations

See also: cauterize

Type of: op, operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process

Encyclopedia: Cauterization

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