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cauterisation

cauterisation is the alternative form of cauterization.

Meaning of cauterization

Noun

cauterization (countable and uncountable, plural cauterizations)

  1. The act of searing organic tissue by the application of a cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application.

Forms of cauterisation

pluralcauterisations

Questions about cauterisation

What is cauterisation the alternative form of?
Cauterisation is the alternative form of cauterization.

Words near cauterisation in the dictionary

  1. cautels
  2. cauter
  3. cauterant
  4. cauterants
  5. cauteries
  6. cauterisation
  7. cauterisations
  8. cauterise
  9. cauterised
  10. cauteriser
  11. cauterisers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cauterisation (page history and authors); cauterization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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