cauterizer

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English

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Etymology

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From cauterize +‎ -er.

Noun

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cauterizer (plural cauterizers)

  1. One who, or that which, cauterizes.
    • 2007 April 3, Charles Mcgrath, “Atul Gawande Rocks in the O.R.”, in New York Times[1]:
      Various wands and clippers and cauterizers went into other little holes, and while watching the screens, the two doctors moved them around as if working joysticks on a video game.

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Anagrams

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Middle French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Old French cauteriser.

Verb

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cauterizer

  1. (figuratively) to toughen; to harden
    • 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais:
      Je ne croy pas qu'une ame cauterizée sçeut contrefaire une telle assurance
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

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  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Descendants

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  • French: cautériser