cauterize
verb /ˈkɔːtəraɪz/
  /ˈkɔːtəraɪz/
(British English also cauterise)
 (medical动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they cauterize |  /ˈkɔːtəraɪz/  /ˈkɔːtəraɪz/ | 
| he / she / it cauterizes |  /ˈkɔːtəraɪzɪz/  /ˈkɔːtəraɪzɪz/ | 
| past simple cauterized |  /ˈkɔːtəraɪzd/  /ˈkɔːtəraɪzd/ | 
| past participle cauterized |  /ˈkɔːtəraɪzd/  /ˈkɔːtəraɪzd/ | 
| -ing form cauterizing |  /ˈkɔːtəraɪzɪŋ/  /ˈkɔːtəraɪzɪŋ/ | 
- cauterize something to burn a wound, using a chemical or heat, in order to stop the loss of blood or to prevent infection烧灼,烙(用化学药剂或高温烧灼伤口以止血或消毒) - The wound needs to be cauterized.伤口需要烧灼。 
 词源late Middle English: from Old French cauteriser, from late Latin cauterizare, from Greek kautēriazein, from kautērion ‘branding iron’, from kaien ‘to burn’.
- The wound needs to be cauterized.