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  • 1cautérisé — cautérisé, ée (kô té ri zé, zée) part. passé. 1°   Une plaie cautérisée avec un fer rouge. 2°   Terme de morale chrétienne. •   Des hommes dont la conscience est cautérisée [endurcie], BOSSUET Var. 11. •   Voysin était dans la plus intime… …

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  • 2cauterise — (Brit.) v. burn, burn with a hot iron, sear; make callous; (Medicine) treat by cauterization; stop bleeding by applying heat (also cauterize) …

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  • 3cauterisé — Cauterisé, [cauteris]ée. part. Il a la signification de son verbe. Ame, conscience cauterisée …

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  • 4cauterise — UK [ˈkɔːtəraɪz] / US [ˈkɔtəˌraɪz] a British spelling of cauterize …

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  • 5cauterise — /ˈkɔtəraɪz / (say kawtuhruyz) verb (t) (cauterised, cauterising) to burn with a hot iron, or with fire or a caustic, especially for curative purposes; treat with a cautery. Also, cauterize. –cauterisation /ˌkɔtəraɪˈzeɪʃən/ (say .kawtuhruy… …

  • 6cauterise — verb 1. burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent The surgeon cauterized the wart • Syn: ↑cauterize, ↑burn • Derivationally related forms: ↑burn (for: ↑ …

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  • 7cauterised — cauterise (Brit.) v. burn, burn with a hot iron, sear; make callous; (Medicine) treat by cauterization; stop bleeding by applying heat (also cauterize) …

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  • 8cauterises — cauterise (Brit.) v. burn, burn with a hot iron, sear; make callous; (Medicine) treat by cauterization; stop bleeding by applying heat (also cauterize) …

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  • 9cauterising — cauterise (Brit.) v. burn, burn with a hot iron, sear; make callous; (Medicine) treat by cauterization; stop bleeding by applying heat (also cauterize) …

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  • 10cautériser — [ kɔterize; ko ] v. tr. <conjug. : 1> • 1314; lat. cauterizare, du gr. kautêriazein→ cautère ♦ Brûler avec un cautère (⇒ cautérisation). Cautériser une plaie. ● cautériser verbe transitif (bas latin cauterizare, du grec kautêriadzein,… …

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