cauterize
/ˈkoːtəɹɑez/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.04 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[…] Lanfrank takes Notice of Tract. 3. Doct. 3. cap. 18. ſaying, "I have ſeen many who being full of Humours, have made an Iſſue under the Knee, before due Purgation had been premis'd; whence, by reaſon of the too great Defluxion of Humours, the Legs tumified, ſo that the cauterized Place corrupted, and a Cancer (or rather cacoethic Ulcer) was thereby made, with which great Difficulty was cur'd.""
Etymology
From Middle French cauteriser, from Late Latin cauterizō (“to burn with a hot iron”), from Ancient Greek καυτηριάζω (kautēriázō, “to brand”), from καυτήρ (kautḗr, “branding iron”), from καίω (kaíō, “to burn”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: cauteriser, cauterizō, καυτηριάζω
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkoːtəɹɑez/
- British English: /ˈkɔːtəɹaɪz/