noun. In surgery, the act of cauterizing or searing some morbid part by the application of a hot iron, or of caustics, etc.

noun. The effect of the application of a cautery or caustic.

noun. Also spelled cauterisation.

noun. The act of searing some morbid part by the application of a cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application.

noun. The act of searing some morbid part by the application of a cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application.

noun. the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing

"Selective bipolar cord cauterization is an accepted technique with a 95 percent pump twin survival and mean age of delivery of 36 weeks."

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