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e•lec•tro•cau•ter•y
(i lek′trō kô′tə rē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ter•ies. [Med.]
- Medicinea hand-held, needlelike cautery heated by an electric current.
- MedicineAlso, e•lec′tro•cau′ter•i•za′tion. the process of cutting and cauterizing skin simultaneously, or coagulating blood from vessels around a surgical incision, by means of an electrocautery.
- electro- + cautery 1880–85
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