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• Cauterization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  The medical practice or technique of cauterization is a medical term describing the burning of part of a body to remove or close off a part of it in a process called cautery, which ...

• cauterization - definition of cauterization in the Medical dictionary ...

  cauterization /cau·ter·iza·tion/ (kaw″ter-ĭ-za´shun) destruction of tissue with a cautery. cauterization [kô′tərīzā′shən] Etymology: Gk, kauterion, branding iron

• cauterization - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about cauterization

  cauterization. In medicine, the use of special instruments to burn or fuse small areas of body tissue to destroy dead cells, prevent the spread of infection, or seal tiny blood ...