electrocautery
[ih-lek-troh-kaw-tuh-ree]
- a handheld, needlelike cautery heated by an electric current.
- Also e·lec·tro·cau·ter·i·za·tion. the process of cutting and cauterizing skin simultaneously, or coagulating blood from vessels around a surgical incision, by means of an electrocautery.
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Origin of electrocautery
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electrocautery
- vet science the use of an electrically heated metal instrument for cautery
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electrocautery
(ĭ-lĕk′trō-kô′tə-rē)- An instrument for directing a high-frequency current through a local area of tissue.
- A metal cauterizing instrument heated by electricity.
- The cauterization of tissue by means of one of these instruments.
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