"cauterize" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈkɔːtəɹaɪz/, [ˈkʰɔɾəɹaɪz] [US], [ˈkʰɑɾəɹaɪz] [US] Forms: cauterizes [present, singular, third-person], cauterizing [participle, present], cauterized [participle, past], cauterized [past]
Etymology: From Middle French cauteriser, from Late Latin cauterizō (“to burn with a hot iron”), from Ancient Greek καυτηριάζω (kautēriázō, “to brand”), from καυτήρ (kautḗr, “branding iron”), from καίω (kaíō, “to burn”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|cauteriser}} Middle French cauteriser, {{der|en|LL.|cauterizō|t=to burn with a hot iron}} Late Latin cauterizō (“to burn with a hot iron”), {{der|en|grc|καυτηριάζω|t=to brand}} Ancient Greek καυτηριάζω (kautēriázō, “to brand”), {{m|grc|καυτήρ|t=branding iron}} καυτήρ (kautḗr, “branding iron”), {{m|grc|καίω|t=to burn}} καίω (kaíō, “to burn”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} cauterize (third-person singular simple present cauterizes, present participle cauterizing, simple past and past participle cauterized)
  1. (American spelling, Canadian spelling, Oxford British English) To burn, sear, or freeze tissue using a hot iron, electric current or a caustic agent. Tags: British, Canada, English, Oxford, US Categories (topical): Fire Synonyms: cauterise (english: non-Oxford British English) Translations (burn tissue): обгарям (obgarjam) (Bulgarian), cauteritzar (Catalan), 燒灼 (Chinese Mandarin), 烧灼 (shāozhuó) (Chinese Mandarin), (zhuó) (Chinese Mandarin), (as in moxibustion) (Chinese Mandarin), kauterizovat [imperfective, perfective] (Czech), vypálit [perfective] (Czech), toebranden (Dutch), dichtbranden (Dutch), toevriezen (Dutch), dichtvriezen (Dutch), polttaa (Finnish), kauterisoida (english: medical term) (Finnish), cautériser (French), kauterisieren (German), καυτηριάζω (kaftiriázo) (Greek), kiéget (Hungarian), kauterizál (Hungarian), 焼灼する (shōshaku suru) (alt: しょうしゃくする) (Japanese), түлэх (tülex) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), kewandin (Northern Kurdish), dax dan (Northern Kurdish), kauterisere (Norwegian), داغلامق (dağlamak) (Ottoman Turkish), cauterizar (Portuguese), прижига́ть (prižigátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), приже́чь (prižéčʹ) [perfective] (Russian), cauterizar (Spanish), kauterisera (Swedish)

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      "word": "приже́чь"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "burn tissue",
      "word": "cauterizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "burn tissue",
      "word": "kauterisera"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cauterize"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": jiǔ vs. as in moxibustion",
  "path": [
    "cauterize"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "cauterize",
  "trace": ""
}

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