About The Word Thermocautery

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Thermocautery

Thermocautery Meaning & Definition
Thermocautery Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Thermocautery?

[n] cautery (destruction of tissue) by heat

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See Also | cauterisation | cauterization | cautery | electrocautery

Thermocautery In Webster's Dictionary

\Ther`mo*cau"ter*y\, n. [Thermo- + cautery.] (Surg.) Cautery by the application of heat. {Paquelin's thermocautery}, thermocautery by means of a hollow platinum point, which is kept constantly hot by the passage through it of benzine vapor.

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