cauterization Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing
    cauterisation; cautery.

WordNet

Cau`ter*i*za"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. cautèrisation.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) The act of searing some morbid part by the application of a cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application.

Webster 1913