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cauterize

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cauterize /ˈkɔːtərʌɪz/ (or cauterise /ˈkɔːtərʌɪz/)

▶verb burn the skin or flesh of (a wound) to stop bleeding or prevent infection.

– derivatives
cauterization noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. cauteriser, from late L. cauterizare, from Gk kautēriazein, from kautērion ‘branding iron’, from kaiein ‘to burn’.

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