Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CAU-TER-I-ZA'TION
CAU-TER-I-ZA'TION, n. [See Cauterize.]
In surgery, the act of burning or scaring some morbid part, by the application of fire. This is done by burning tow, cotton, moxa, Spanish wax, pyramidical pieces of linen, &c., or more generally by a hot iron. – Encyc.
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