cauterize

1. V-T 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. 燒灼治療

He cauterized the wound with a piece of red-hot iron. 他用一塊燒紅的烙鉄來給傷口進(jìn)行燒灼治療。