cauterization stands for: the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing
Synonym(s): cauterisation ( what does cauterisation stand for? ), cautery ( what does cautery stand for? )
cauterization is a kind of: operation ( what does operation stand for? ), surgery ( what does surgery stand for? ), surgical operation ( what does surgical operation stand for? ), surgical procedure ( what does surgical procedure stand for? ), surgical process ( what does surgical process stand for? )
cauterization is derived from: burn ( what does burn stand for? ), cauterise, cauterize ( what does cauterize stand for? )



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