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What (who) is cauterize - definition

BURNING OF PART OF A BODY TO REMOVE OR CLOSE OFF A PART OF IT
Cauterisation; Cauter; Electrocautery; Cautery; Cauterizing; Bovie cautery machine; Cauterise; Cauterize; Laser cautery; Electrocauterization; Actual cautery; Electrocautery treatment; Electrodesiccation; Heat cautery; Snare cautery

Cauterize         
·vt To sear, as the conscience.
II. Cauterize ·vt To burn or sear with a cautery or caustic.
cauterize         
(cauterizes, cauterizing, cauterized)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'cauterise'
If a doctor cauterizes a wound, he or she burns it with heat or with a chemical in order to close it up and prevent it from becoming infected.
He cauterized the wound with a piece of red-hot iron.
V n
cauterize         
v. a.
Sear, burn with a hot iron, burn with cautery.

Wikipedia

Cauterization

Cauterization (or cauterisation, or cautery) is a medical practice or technique of burning a part of a body to remove or close off a part of it. It destroys some tissue in an attempt to mitigate bleeding and damage, remove an undesired growth, or minimize other potential medical harm, such as infections when antibiotics are unavailable.

The practice was once widespread for treatment of wounds. Its utility before the advent of antibiotics was said to be effective at more than one level:

  • To prevent exsanguination
  • To close amputations

Cautery was historically believed to prevent infection, but current research shows that cautery actually increases the risk for infection by causing more tissue damage and providing a more hospitable environment for bacterial growth. Actual cautery refers to the metal device, generally heated to a dull red glow, that a physician applies to produce blisters, to stop bleeding of a blood vessel, and for other similar purposes.

The main forms of cauterization used today are electrocautery and chemical cautery—both are, for example, prevalent in cosmetic removal of warts and stopping nosebleeds. Cautery can also mean the branding of a human.

Examples of use of cauterize
1. Other instruments enable the surgeon to move the organ, cauterize bleeding blood vessels, suture and clip the internal incisions and pull out the organ.
2. WASHINGTON –– John McCain‘s national finance co–chairman has stepped down, the latest casualty of a presidential campaign eager to cauterize damage caused by its ties to lobbyists.
3. Then, when a crisis came, they used their influence to get top government officials to come in and help cauterize their self–inflicted wounds, warning of a "systemic failure." But critics are already correctly charging that new regulations to rein in global markets are largely protecting the interests of the richest.