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cauterize
(redirected from cauterise)

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There is no logic that permits red-hot pokers to be thrust down horses' throats to cauterise their soft palates to improve their performance, or permits red-hot pins to be stuck into their tendons (admittedly anaesthetised) to improve their performance, but does not permit a drug like tranexamic acid to ameliorate bleeding.
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Doctors had to cauterise blood vessels in his nostril to stem the flow while his dad, Stephen Vallily, of Grove Hill, anxiously hoped it was not a flare-up of the disease.
 
 
 
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