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electrocauterize

electrocauterize verb: to cauterize with electricity (a surgical technique).

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 electrocauterize

third-person singular presentelectrocauterizes
present participleelectrocauterizing
past participleelectrocauterized
pastelectrocauterized

Origin of electrocauterize

From electro- + cauterize.

Questions about electrocauterize

What does electrocauterize mean?
Electrocauterize means to cauterize with electricity (a surgical technique).
What part of speech is electrocauterize?
Electrocauterize is a verb.
What is the past tense of electrocauterize?
The past tense of electrocauterize is electrocauterized.

Words near electrocauterize in the dictionary

  1. electrocauterised
  2. electrocauterises
  3. electrocauterising
  4. electrocauterization
  5. electrocauterizations
  6. electrocauterize
  7. electrocauterized
  8. electrocauterizer
  9. electrocauterizers
  10. electrocauterizes
  11. electrocauterizing

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