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noun the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing
originEtymology tree English cauterize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English cauterization From cauterize + -ation.
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