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ELECTROCAUTERY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does electrocautery mean?
• ELECTROCAUTERY (noun)
The noun ELECTROCAUTERY has 1 sense:
1. application of a needle heated by an electric current to destroy tissue (as to remove warts)
Familiarity information: ELECTROCAUTERY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Application of a needle heated by an electric current to destroy tissue (as to remove warts)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("electrocautery" is a kind of...):
thermocautery (cautery (destruction of tissue) by heat)
Context examples
Also called electrocautery, electrocoagulation, and electrofulguration.
(Fulguration, NCI Dictionary)
Also called electrocautery, electrocoagulation, and fulguration.
(Electrofulguration, NCI Dictionary)
Also called electrocautery, electrofulguration, and fulguration.
(Electrocoagulation, NCI Dictionary)
Electrocautery is a type of electrosurgery.
(Electrocautery, NCI Dictionary)
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