electrosurgery
[ih-lek-troh-sur-juh-ree]
- the use in surgery of an electric instrument, as an acusector, or of an electric current, as in electrocoagulation; surgical diathermy.
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Origin of electrosurgery
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electrosurgery
- the surgical use of electricity, as in cauterization
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electrosurgery
(ĭ-lĕk′trō-sûr′jə-rē)- The surgical use of high-frequency electric current for cutting or destroying tissue, as in electrocauterization.
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