electrocautery
[ih-lek-troh-kaw-tuh-ree]
noun, plural e·lec·tro·cau·ter·ies. Medicine/Medical.
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.
Origin of electrocautery
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electrocautery
noun
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electrocautery
[ĭ-lĕk′trō-kô′tə-rē]
n.
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