cauterization(n = noun.act) cauterisation, cautery - the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing;
is a kind of operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
has particulars: cryocautery, thermocautery
Derived form verb cauterize1
The act of searing some morbid part by the application of a cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application. [1913 Webster]
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