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   Cau·ter·ize

   /ˈkôdəˌrīz/

   

   verb

   • 1. burn the skin or flesh of (a wound) with a heated instrument or caustic substance, typically to stop bleeding or prevent the wound from becoming infected: "I'll freeze the hand and cauterize the wound"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French cauteriser, from late Latin cauterizare, from Greek kautēriazein, from kautērion ‘branding iron’, from kaiein‘to burn’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. cauterization noun

   Scrabble Points: 20

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