electrocautery
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a handheld, needlelike cautery heated by an electric current.
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Also electrocauterization 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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Open prostatectomy also offers the advantages of tactile feedback; greater access to the surgical field; less need for electrocautery that burns tissues; and absence of concern about equipment failure or inadvertent tissue injury.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2018
When necessary, most doctors remove warts by such medically proved methods as minor surgery, application of caustics, localized freezing or electrocautery.
From Time Magazine Archive
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