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cauterizationIn medicine, the use of special instruments to burn or fuse small areas of body tissue to destroy dead cells, prevent the spread of infection, or seal tiny blood vessels to minimize blood loss during surgery. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No European has the heart to cauterize the rot there, for modern Europe simply is ElfAquitaine. it certainly could not successfully set that original fracture, cauterize that original amputation, purge that original madness. The "hot thing" which brands Sethe, Sethe's ma'am, and Beloved disrupts chronology and consciousness here, threatening not to cauterize but to sear. |
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