[with obj.](Medicine)burn the skin or flesh of (a wound) with a heated instrument or caustic substance, typically to stop bleeding or prevent the wound becoming infected (医)(尤指为止血或防止伤口感染而用烙器或腐蚀性物质)烧灼(伤处的)皮肤或肌肉
派生 cauterization noun 语源
late Middle English: from Old French cauteriser, from late Latin cauterizare, from Greek kautēriazein, from kautērion 'branding iron', from kaiein 'to burn'