| electric cautery | <procedure> The cauterisation of tissue using electric current to generate heat. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| actual cautery | A cautery, such as electrocautery, acting directly through heat and not by chemical means. Synonym: technocausis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| BICAP cautery | A form of bipolar electrocoagulation frequently used to arrest gastrointestinal bleeding. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bipolar cautery | Electrocautery by high frequency electrical current passed through tissue from an active to a passive electrode; used for haemostasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| galvanic cautery | An obsolete term for electrocautery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gas cautery | Cautery by means of a measured amount of a lighted gas jet. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cautery | The application of a caustic substance, a hot instrument, an electric current, or other agent to destroy tissue. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cautery knife | A knife that sears while cutting, to diminish bleeding. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chemical cautery | Any substance that destroys tissue upon application. Synonym: chemical cautery, chemicocautery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cold cautery | The surgical destruction of tissue via the application of extreme cold, aswith liquid nitrogen. (09 Oct 1997) |
| monopolar cautery | Electrocautery by high frequency electrical current passed from a single electrode, where the cauterization occurs, the patient's body serving as a ground. (05 Mar 2000) |
| burns, electric | Burns produced by contact with electric current or from a sudden discharge of electricity. (12 Dec 1998) |
| magneto-electric | <physics> Pertaining to, or characterised by, electricity by the action of magnets; as, magneto-electric induction. Magneto-electric machine, a form of dynamo-electric machine in which the field is maintained by permanent steel magnets instead of electromagnets. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| resino-electric | <physics> Containing or exhibiting resinous electricity. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| volta-electric | Of or pertaining to voltaic electricity, or voltaism. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hydro-electric | Pertaining to, employed in, or produced by, the evolution of electricity by means of a battery in which water or steam is used. <physics> Hydro-electric machine, an apparatus invented by Sir William Armstrong of England for generating electricity by the escape of high-pressure steam from a series of jets connected with a strong boiler, in which the steam is produced. Origin: Hydro-, 1 + electric. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |