Verb: cauterize 'ko-tu,rIz
- Burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent
"The surgeon cauterized the wart";
- cauterise [Brit], burn
- Make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals
"Years of hardship had cauterized his emotions";
- callous, cauterise [Brit]
Derived forms: cauterized, cauterizes, cauterizing
Type of: burn, care for, enure, harden, indurate, inure, treat
Encyclopedia: Cauterize