different between cauterise vs cauteriser

English

Alternative forms

• cauterize

Verb

cauterise (third-person singular simple present cauterises, present participle cauterising, simple past and past participle cauterised)

1. To burn, sear, or freeze tissue using a hot iron, electric current or a caustic agent.
   • 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, Virago Press, paperback edition, page 198

     Just when you think you are extricating yourself, just when you think you are cauterised and ready to leave, it resurfaces. Once you've been infected, you're never again completely free.

Anagrams

• cauteries

English

Etymology

cauterise +? -er

Noun

cauteriser (plural cauterisers)

1. Alternative spelling of cauterizer

Old French

Alternative forms

• cauterizer

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cauteriz?.

Verb

cauteriser

1. to cauterize
   • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Practica dicta Lilium medicine, Chapter XXVII, page 190 of this document

     peult on cauteriser le lieu d’une aiguille de cuyvre et pour ce que par ces medecines vient plus grant douleur et chaleur

     One can cauterize the area with a copper needle, and by these medicines comes greater pain and heat

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• Middle French: cauterizer, cauteriser
  • French: cautériser
• ? Middle English: cauterize, cauterise
  • English: cauterize