cauterization
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˌkɔː.tə.raɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ us/ˌkɑː.t̬ɚ.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/ (UK usually cauterisation)
medical specialized烧灼术
the action of burning body tissue using heat or a chemical, to stop an injury from bleeding or getting infected, or to remove harmful cells
Treatment is usually by cauterization.
The technique allows a painless cauterization of warts. 该技术允许对疣进行无痛烧灼。
literary心理烧灼（失去感知情绪的能力，有时为有意的选择以避免心理痛苦）
the loss of the ability to feel emotion, sometimes as a result of an intentional choice to avoid psychological pain
He attributes this emotional cauterization to psychological wounds inflicted during childhood.
Feeling like you are a member of one group should not involve a complete cauterization of empathy for another group. 不应该为了获得属于某个群体的感觉而需要因此烧灼对另一个群体的共情。
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- Some treatments to remove precancerous cells from the cervix include cryosurgery (freezing cells) and cauterization (burning off cells).
- Chemical cauterisation is most commonly done using silver nitrate compound applied to any bleeding vessel.
- Minor surgical procedures such as cauterisation can be carried out via an endoscope.
- The patient had had a cauterization of the nerves in her lower back to alleviate pain.
- The surgeon stops the bleeding with cauterization instruments that burn the vessels closed.
- Today, chemical and electrical cauterizations are widely used.