cauterization
kaw tuh ri zay shuhn
- n the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing
- From the Middle Ages well into the 18th century, barbers performed surgery and dentistry, bloodletting, leeching and cauterization, as well as the tonsorial arts.
- The skin is then replaced in such a way as to allow drainage of pus and ultimate healing, thereby avoiding the scars which were the landmarks of former cauterization.
- All his music shares an intensity and an intimacy with the listener: it is an acute, astute cauterization of the wounds of the spirit.