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cau·ter·ize
(kô′tə-rīz′)tr.v. cau·ter·ized, cau·ter·iz·ing, cau·ter·iz·es
1. To burn or sear with a cautery.
2. To deaden, as to feelings or moral scruples; callous.
[Middle English cauterizen, from Late Latin cautērizāre, to cauterize, brand, from Latin cautērium, cautery; see cautery.]
cau′ter·i·za′tion (-tər-ĭ-zā′shən) n.
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cauterize
(ˈkɔːtəˌraɪz) orcauterise
vb
(Surgery) (tr) (esp in the treatment of a wound) to burn or sear (body tissue) with a hot iron or caustic agent
[C14: from Old French cauteriser, from Late Latin cautērizāre, from cautērium branding iron, from Greek kautērion, from kaiein to burn]
ˌcauteriˈzation, ˌcauteriˈsation n
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cau•ter•ize
(ˈkɔ təˌraɪz)v.t. -ized, -iz•ing.
to burn with a hot iron, electric current, fire, or a caustic, esp. for curative purposes; treat with a cautery.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin cautērizāre to brand < Greek kautḗr branding iron (kau-, variant s. of kaíein to burn + -tēr agent suffix; compare caustic) + -izāre -ize]
cau`ter•i•za′tion, n.
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cauterize
Past participle: cauterized
Gerund: cauterizing
| Imperative |
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| cauterize |
| cauterize |
| Present |
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| I cauterize |
| you cauterize |
| he/she/it cauterizes |
| we cauterize |
| you cauterize |
| they cauterize |
| Preterite |
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| I cauterized |
| you cauterized |
| he/she/it cauterized |
| we cauterized |
| you cauterized |
| they cauterized |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am cauterizing |
| you are cauterizing |
| he/she/it is cauterizing |
| we are cauterizing |
| you are cauterizing |
| they are cauterizing |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have cauterized |
| you have cauterized |
| he/she/it has cauterized |
| we have cauterized |
| you have cauterized |
| they have cauterized |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was cauterizing |
| you were cauterizing |
| he/she/it was cauterizing |
| we were cauterizing |
| you were cauterizing |
| they were cauterizing |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had cauterized |
| you had cauterized |
| he/she/it had cauterized |
| we had cauterized |
| you had cauterized |
| they had cauterized |
| Future |
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| I will cauterize |
| you will cauterize |
| he/she/it will cauterize |
| we will cauterize |
| you will cauterize |
| they will cauterize |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have cauterized |
| you will have cauterized |
| he/she/it will have cauterized |
| we will have cauterized |
| you will have cauterized |
| they will have cauterized |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be cauterizing |
| you will be cauterizing |
| he/she/it will be cauterizing |
| we will be cauterizing |
| you will be cauterizing |
| they will be cauterizing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been cauterizing |
| you have been cauterizing |
| he/she/it has been cauterizing |
| we have been cauterizing |
| you have been cauterizing |
| they have been cauterizing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been cauterizing |
| you will have been cauterizing |
| he/she/it will have been cauterizing |
| we will have been cauterizing |
| you will have been cauterizing |
| they will have been cauterizing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been cauterizing |
| you had been cauterizing |
| he/she/it had been cauterizing |
| we had been cauterizing |
| you had been cauterizing |
| they had been cauterizing |
| Conditional |
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| I would cauterize |
| you would cauterize |
| he/she/it would cauterize |
| we would cauterize |
| you would cauterize |
| they would cauterize |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have cauterized |
| you would have cauterized |
| he/she/it would have cauterized |
| we would have cauterized |
| you would have cauterized |
| they would have cauterized |
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Verb 1. cauterize - burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart"
2. cauterize - make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals
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Translations
vypálit
ætseudbrænde
kauterisieren
polttaa
brenna fyrir
prideginti
piededzināt
dichtbrandendichtvriezentoebrandentoevriezen
vypáliť
dağlamakyakmak
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cauterize
vt (Med) → kauterisieren
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cauterize,
cauterise
(ˈkoːtəraiz) verb to burn (a wound) with a caustic substance or a hot iron (to destroy infection). toeskroei يَكْوي جُرْحا обгарям cauterizar vypálit ausbrennen ætse; udbrænde καυτηριάζω cauterizar (kuuma rauaga) põletama, söövitama سوزاندن polttaa cautériser לִצרוֹב संक्रमण खत्म करने के लिए लोहे से दागना ispaliti kiéget membakar brenna fyrir cauterizzare 焼灼する 소작하다 prideginti piededzināt melecuhkan dichtschroeien brenne, etse wypalać (ranę) داغول، داغل (طب) دبرق په وسيله ديو شى سوځول لكه ددانې او نورو cauterizar a cauteriza прижигать vypáliť (ranu) izžgati; izjedkati spržiti kauterisera, bränna ทําให้แผลไหม้ด้วยความร้อนหรือสารเคมี dağlamak, yakmak 燒灼,烙 припікати گرم لوہے یا کیمیائی طریق سے جلانا đốt (trong y học) 烧灼,烙
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cau·ter·ize
v. cauterizar, quemar por medio de un agente cauterizante.
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cauterize
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