cauterize

Other forms of cauterize

past tense

cauterized·

present participle

cauterizing·

third person

cauterizes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cauterize

What does cauterize mean?

cauterize means "burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cauterize?

cauterize has 3 syllables: cau-te-rize. The stress falls on "cau". In IPA it is /ˈkɔtɚaɪz/.

What is another word for cauterize?

Close synonyms include cauterise, burn, callous, cauterise. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cauterize a common word?

cauterize is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.