D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Cauterization

/kôtˌ-ẽr-ĭz-āsh'-ən/ · Cau·ter·i·za·tion · IPA /ˌkɔːtəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/
01 n. The act of searing some morbid part by the application of a cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application.
  1. 1.
    The act of searing some morbid part by the application of a cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application.(Med.)