Past tense of cauterise; burned or seared with heat or chemicals to treat a wound.
From cauterise (British spelling) + -ed past tense suffix. Shows the regular verb formation in British English.
Historical battle reports often note which soldiers were 'cauterised' versus 'left to bleed'—it was literally the difference between living and dying. Army surgeons got very good at this awful procedure.
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