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What is a cauterization?

What is a cauterization? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The act of searing some morbid part by the application of a cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application.
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The base of the lesion is destroyed, and the bleeding is stopped by cauterization.
The use of heat in the treatment of patients with joint instability dates back to ancient times, with Hippocrates describing the use of cauterization in unstable shoulders.
On rare occasions, a nose bleed may require cauterization, which is done by the ENT surgeons.
His eyes were bloodshot, his lips livid and pendent, his cheeks swollen by the cauterization he had undergone.
As the gangrene extends, the cauterization is to be repeated twice daily or even more frequently.
A thread from the stole of the ancient saint was said to have had the power to cure hydrophobia, if aided by cauterization.

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