pisho

How to say it

Meaning

the act of cauterizing a wound with heat, or the scar left by such treatment.

Good to know

(act of) cauterizing (or the mark left)

Examples

• Mganga wa jadi alifanya pisho kwenye jeraha lake.The traditional healer cauterized his wound.
• Je, pisho hili litaacha alama?Will this cauterizing leave a mark?
• Hakupata pisho baada ya kuumwa na nyoka.He did not receive cauterizing treatment after the snakebite.
• Alama ya pisho ilionekana mkononi mwake miaka mingi baadaye.The cauterization scar was still visible on his arm many years later.