Definition of "cauterization" []

• The act of searing some morbid part by the application of a cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application. (noun)

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• "Selective bipolar cord cauterization is an accepted technique with a 95 percent pump twin survival and mean age of delivery of 36 weeks."
• "But I recall being a young woman and having my gynecologist perform a procedure that hurt like hell - "cauterization," he called it."
• "This kind of cauterization practiced, possible cure for a particular illness but it was forbid - according to Ibn Hajar, is prohibited."