Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cauterization

1 sense of cauterization

Sense 1
cautery, cauterization, cauterisation -- (the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing)
       => operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process -- (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery")