cauterise

• 动词，指用加热的器械或化学药剂烧灼伤口或组织，以止血或防止感染。

A verb meaning to burn a wound or tissue with a heated instrument or chemical to stop bleeding or prevent infection.

1. Medical procedureC1formalmedical

   To burn, sear, or freeze body tissue using a hot instrument, electric current, or a caustic substance, typically to stop bleeding or prevent infection.

   烧灼

   • The surgeon had to cauterise the wound to stop the heavy bleeding.
   • In ancient times, doctors would cauterise injuries with a red-hot iron.
   • The veterinarian cauterised the small cut on the dog's paw.

   同义词burnsear

2. Emotional numbingC2formal

   To make someone emotionally insensitive or callous; to deaden feelings or moral sensitivity.

   情感麻木

   • Years of hardship had cauterised his ability to feel compassion.
   • The trauma seemed to cauterise her emotions, leaving her numb.
   • Repeated exposure to violence can cauterise a person's moral sense.

   同义词bluntcallousdeadendesensitizehardennumbsear

   反义词humanizesensitizesoften