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cauterizer

cauterizer

English

Noun

cauterizer (plural cauterizers)

  1. One who, or that which, cauterizes.
    • 2007 April 3, Charles Mcgrath, “Atul Gawande Rocks in the O.R.”, in New York Times:
      Various wands and clippers and cauterizers went into other little holes, and while watching the screens, the two doctors moved them around as if working joysticks on a video game.

Middle French

Etymology

Old French cauteriser.

Verb

cauterizer

  1. (figuratively) to toughen; to harden
    • 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais
      Je ne croy pas qu'une ame cauterizée sçeut contrefaire une telle assurance

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.