1. Noun
A burning or searing, as of morbid flesh, with a hot iron, or by application of a caustic that will burn, corrode, or destroy animal tissue.
2. Noun
The iron of other agent in cauterizing.
3. Noun
the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing
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