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cauterization

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkɔːtəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˌkoːtəɹɑjˈzɛjʃən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ˌkɔtəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/ without the cot–caught merger
  • [ˌkhɔɾəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən] without the cot–caught merger
  • [-ʃn̩] without the cot–caught merger
  • cot-caught-merger: /ˌkɑtəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/
  • cot-caught-merger: [ˌkhɑɾəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən]
  • cot-caught-merger: [-ʃn̩]
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˌkoːtəɹɑeˈzæɪʃən/
  • Scotland: /ˌkɔtəɾaɪˈzeʃən/
  • Wales: /ˌkɔːtəɾaɪˈzeːʃən/ without the toe–tow merger
  • CMU ARPABET: K AO2 T ER0 IH0 Z EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cautery, cauterisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process

Narrower terms: cryocautery, thermocautery

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English cauterize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English cauterization From cauterize + -ation.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: обгаряне (obgarjane) — act of searing some morbid part
  • Catalan: cauterització — act of searing some morbid part
  • French: adustion — act of searing some morbid part
  • French: cautérisation — act of searing some morbid part
  • Galician: cauterización — act of searing some morbid part
  • Italian: cauterizzazione — act of searing some morbid part
  • Russian: прижига́ние (prižigánije) — act of searing some morbid part
  • Spanish: cauterización — act of searing some morbid part
  • Swedish: kauterisering — act of searing some morbid part
  • Ottoman Turkish: داغ (dag, dağ) — act of searing some morbid part
  • Walloon: broûlaedje — act of searing some morbid part