electrocautery

electrocautery
/i lek'troh kaw"teuh ree/, n., pl. electrocauteries. Med.
1. a hand-held, needlelike cautery heated by an electric current.
2. Also, electrocauterization. the process of cutting and cauterizing skin simultaneously, or coagulating blood from vessels around a surgical incision, by means of an electrocautery.
[1880-85; ELECTRO- + CAUTERY]

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