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electrocauterise

electrocauterise is the alternative form of electrocauterize.

Meaning of electrocauterize

Verb

electrocauterize (third-person singular simple present electrocauterizes, present participle electrocauterizing, simple past and past participle electrocauterized)

  1. To cauterize with electricity (a surgical technique).

Forms of electrocauterise

third-person singular presentelectrocauterises
present participleelectrocauterising
past participleelectrocauterised
pastelectrocauterised

Origin of electrocauterise

From electro- + cauterise.

Questions about electrocauterise

What is electrocauterise the alternative form of?
Electrocauterise is the alternative form of electrocauterize.

Words near electrocauterise in the dictionary

  1. electrocatalyze
  2. electrocatalyzed
  3. electrocatalyzes
  4. electrocatalyzing
  5. electrocauteries
  6. electrocauterise
  7. electrocauterised
  8. electrocauterises
  9. electrocauterising
  10. electrocauterization
  11. electrocauterizations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: electrocauterise (page history and authors); electrocauterize (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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