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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cauterization n : the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing [syn: {cautery}, {cauterisation}]
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