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Definition of Electrocautery
1. Noun. Application of a needle heated by an electric current to destroy tissue (as to remove warts).
Definition of Electrocautery
1. Noun. cauterization by the use of an instrument heated by electricity; electrocauterization ¹
2. Noun. such an instrument ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Electrocautery
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Electrocautery
Literary usage of Electrocautery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical gynecology: A Comprehensive Text-book for Students and Physicians by Edward Emmet Montgomery (1907)
"electrocautery and Light.—The employment of electricity as a means for the
production of heat for cautery purposes has won a well-recognized place through ..."
2. Diseases of the nose, throat and ear by William Lincoln Ballenger (1911)
"The electrocautery.—So much has been said within recent years about the use, or
rather the uselessness, of the electrocautery (Fig. ..."
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