in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 cauterise
- (用高温或化学物质)烙,烧灼(伤口)
If a doctor cauterizes a wound, he or she burns it with heat or with a chemical in order to close it up and prevent it from becoming infected.
- He cauterized the wound with a piece of red-hot iron.
他用一块烧红的烙铁烧灼伤口。