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thermocautery

DEFINITIONS OF: thermocautery

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n cautery (destruction of tissue) by heat

Types:
electrocautery
application of a needle heated by an electric current to destroy tissue (as to remove warts)
Type of:
cauterisation, cauterization, cautery
the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing
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