CAUTERIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cauterization mean? 

• CAUTERIZATION (noun)
  The noun CAUTERIZATION has 1 sense:

1. the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing

  Familiarity information: CAUTERIZATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAUTERIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

cauterisation; cauterization; cautery

Hypernyms ("cauterization" is a kind of...):

operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cauterization"):

cryocautery (application of a substance that destroys tissue by freezing it)

thermocautery (cautery (destruction of tissue) by heat)

Derivation:

cauterize (burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent)