cauterize
/ˈkɔːtəɹaɪz/
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British/ˈkoːtəɹɑjz/
cauterize verb: to burn and hence seal open tissue using a heated article or caustic agent so as to stop bleeding or minimise the risk of infection.
Verb
cauterize (third-person singular simple present cauterizes, present participle cauterizing, simple past and past participle cauterized)
- To burn and hence seal open tissue using a heated article or caustic agent so as to stop bleeding or minimise the risk of infection.
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cauterize meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
cauterize in Tamil
- தீத்தல்
cauterize in Bengali
- গরম লোহার সাহায্যে ক্ষতপোড়ানো, দাগানো
cauterize in Malayalam
- burn, sear, singe
- ചൂടുവയ്ക്കുക, പൊള്ളിക്കുക, കരിക്കുക, ചുട്ടുപഴുത്ത കമ്പികൊണ്ടു ചൂടു വയ്ക്കുക, ഉണക്കുക, ഒണക്കുക
cauterize in Kannada
- ಕಾವು ಕೊಡು
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- cauterize in Sanskrit
- दहति dáhati, दह् dah
Forms of cauterize
| third-person singular present | cauterizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | cauterizing |
| past participle | cauterized |
| past | cauterized |
| alternative form | cauterise |
Origin of cauterize
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”).
Words formed from cauterize
Questions about cauterize
- What does cauterize mean?
- Cauterize means to burn and hence seal open tissue using a heated article or caustic agent so as to stop bleeding or minimise the risk of infection.
- What is cauterize in Tamil?
- Cauterize in Tamil is தீத்தல். See Cauterize meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cauterize?
- Cauterize is a verb.
- How do you pronounce cauterize?
- Cauterize is pronounced /ˈkɔːtəɹaɪz/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of cauterize?
- The past tense of cauterize is cauterized.
Words near cauterize in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cauterize (page history and authors); cauterize (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cauterize (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cauterize (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); cauterize (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); दहति (Sanskrit) (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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