Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cautery heated by an electric current.
- noun The cauterization of tissue by such an instrument.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In surgery, cauterizing by means of a platinum wire heated by the passage of a current of electricity; the instrument used.
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- noun
cauterization by the use of an instrumentheated byelectricity ;electrocauterization - noun such an instrument
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun application of a needle heated by an electric current to destroy tissue (as to remove warts)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Makary and colleagues also recommend "sharpless" surgery, which includes using nonsharp alternatives such as electrocautery cutting frequencies instead of a knife and applying skin glue rather than using suture closure.
MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2009
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I prefer to use electrocautery to sculpt the growth off.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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I prefer to use electrocautery to sculpt the growth off.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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Dermabrasion, a technique to vaporize the skin by way of electrocautery or ablative lasers such as CO2 or erbium: YAG lasers, can remove raised scars.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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Dermabrasion, a technique to vaporize the skin by way of electrocautery or ablative lasers such as CO2 or erbium: YAG lasers, can remove raised scars.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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Dermabrasion, a technique to vaporize the skin by way of electrocautery or ablative lasers such as CO2 or erbium: YAG lasers, can remove raised scars.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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Dermabrasion is another procedure that works well for all scars by sculpting a raised mark flat using electrocautery, mechanical dermabrasion, or a resurfacing laser such as CO2 or erbium: YAG see “The Problem: A Scar” on page 236.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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Dermabrasion is another procedure that works well for all scars by sculpting a raised mark flat using electrocautery, mechanical dermabrasion, or a resurfacing laser such as CO2 or erbium: YAG see “The Problem: A Scar” on page 236.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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Another option is burning the top using electrocautery, then extracting larger cysts and letting the smaller milia slough off by themselves.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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Another option is burning the top using electrocautery, then extracting larger cysts and letting the smaller milia slough off by themselves.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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