cauterise
English Thesaurus
1. make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | harden, indurate, inure, |
| definition | : | cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate (verb.change) |
2. burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | care for, treat, |
| definition | : | provide treatment for (verb.body) |
| entail | : | scorch, sear, |
| definition | : | make very hot and dry (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | cauterisation, cauterization, cautery, |
| definition | : | the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | cauterant, cautery, |
| definition | : | an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (eg removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | burn, |
| definition | : | an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | cauterisation, cauterization, cautery, |
| definition | : | the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | cauterant, cautery, |
| definition | : | an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (eg removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | burn, |
| definition | : | an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation (noun.state) |
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