CAUTERIZATION, noun [See Cauterize.] In surgery, the act of burning or searing some morbid part, by the application of fire. This is done by burning tow, cotton, moxa, Spanish wax, pyramidical pieces of linen, etc., or more generally by a hot iron.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.