'Cauterization' definitions:
Definition of 'cauterization'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing [syn: cautery, cauterization, cauterisation]
Definition of 'Cauterization'
From: GCIDE
- Cauterization \Cau`ter*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. caut[`e]risation.] (Med.) The act of searing some morbid part by the application of a cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application. [1913 Webster]