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    CAUTERISATION

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezingplay

    Synonyms:

    cauterisation; cauterization; cautery

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("cauterisation" is a kind of...):

    operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cauterisation"):

    cryocautery (application of a substance that destroys tissue by freezing it)

    thermocautery (cautery (destruction of tissue) by heat)

    Derivation:

    cauterise (burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent)

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