cauterized
past simple and past participle ofcauterize
cauterize
verb[T]
(UKusuallycauterise)uk/ˈkɔː.tər.aɪz/us/ˈkɑː.t̬ɚ.aɪz/medicalspecialized
toburnbodytissueusingheator achemical, tostopaninjuryfrombleedingor gettinginfected, or toremoveharmfulcells:
Thequickestsolutionis to cauterize thewound.
He hadpersistentnosebleedsuntil he had abloodvesselcauterised.
literary
tostopsomething fromcausingsomeone tofeelemotion,especiallyanegativeemotion:
Yearsofsilencecauterizedtheirfeelingsabout thewarbut thesewoundshave nowreopened.
- He had tocutthebulletfrom hisarmand then cauterize thewoundwith ahotknife.
- Thewallof theuterusis cauterized tostopexcessivebleeding.
- Thesurgicallaserusesheattocutand cauterizetissue.
- Aspinalnervecan be cauterised toreducepain.
- Anelectricprobeis used to cauterize theabnormalcells.
- Therootsofdepressionhave to befoundand cauterized.
- Hemaintainedthat hisexperiencesthatsummercauterised hisheart.
- Histaskwas to cauterize thewoundto the company'sreputation.
Medicines & drugs: preventing infection
- anti-AIDS
- anti-bac
- anti-plague
- anti-rabies
- antimicrobial
- antiseptic
- biosecurity
- boost
- cauterization
- containment
- Covid-secure
- rubbing alcohol
- scrub up
- shielding
- social distancing
- sterility
- sterilize
- surgical spirit
- swab
- unexposed
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cauterized
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
All vessels bleeding during surgery, even tiny ones, must be sutured orcauterizedwhile fresh frozen plasma and platelets are obtained.
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If nothing else was effective, the patient's head had to becauterized, burning it in the shape of a cross (pp. 74 - 80).
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The vortex veins and posterior ciliary vessels may becauterizedbefore dividing the nerve and removing the eye.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The procedure requires the patient to undergo general anesthesia; the tonsils are completely removed and the remaining tissue surface iscauterized.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Then the mucosa around the ostium iscauterizedfor microadenomas and removed completely for macroadenomas.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He had also got itcauterizedwithout uttering a single word.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He thencauterizedthe stump with a red-hot poker from out of his forge.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Usually, the loop is cut and the endscauterizedor burned.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As branches are cut, they must be sealed, orcauterized, to prevent bleeding after disconnection from the main vessel.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Eventually servants arrived and chased away the monkeys (which were later destroyed), and the king's wounds were promptly cleaned and dressed but notcauterized.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It helps, but the wound must becauterizedto stop the bleeding.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Even if the nose is not bleeding at the time, it iscauterizedto prevent future bleeding.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The wound is thencauterizedto ensure he does not bleed to death.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The surgical-type wounds tend to becauterizedby an intense heat and made by very sharp/precise instruments, with no bleeding evident.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is non-problematic until the gall bladder is removed, and the tiny supravesicular ducts may be incompletelycauterizedor remain unobserved, leading to biliary leak post-operatively.
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