cauterise

suomi-englanti sanakirja

cauterise englannista suomeksi

To burn, sear, or freeze tissue using a hot iron, electric current or a caustic agent.
(quote-book) ''of Milan|Lanfrank'' takes Notice of ''Tract.'' 3. ''Doct.'' 3. ''cap.'' 18. ſaying, "I have ſeen many who being full of Humours, have made an Iſſue under the Knee, before due Purgation had been premis'd; whence, by reaſon of the too great Defluxion of Humours, the Legs tumified, ſo that the cauterized Place corrupted, and a Cancer (or rather cacoethic Ulcer) was thereby made, with which great Difficulty was cur'd."
{{quote-book|en|year=1996|author=Janette Turner Hospital|title=(novel)|Oyster|publisher=Virago Press|edition=paperback|page=198