Electrocautery

Introduction: Electrocautery

Description of Electrocautery

Electrocautery: (1) An instrument for directing a high frequency current through a local area of tissue. (2) A metal cauterizing instrument heated by an electric current. SYN: electric cautery.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Electrocautery: application of a needle heated by an electric current to destroy tissue (as to remove warts).
Source: WordNet 2.1

Electrocautery: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Electrocautery:

• Instrument
• Current
• Local
• Local pain
• Area
• Tissue
• Metal
• SYN

Terms associated with Electrocautery:

Broader terms for Electrocautery

• thermocautery

Source - WordNet 2.1

The following terms can be used for Electrocautery

• therapy

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Electrocautery

The following list attempts to classify Electrocautery into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• thermocautery
• cauterisation,cauterization,cautery
• operation,surgery,surgical operation,surgical procedure,surgical process
• medical procedure
• procedure,process
• activity
• act,human action,human activity

Source: WordNet 2.1

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