electrosurgery
1Electrosurgery — is the application of a high frequency electric current to human (or other animal) tissue as a means to remove lesions, staunch bleeding, or cut tissue. Electrosurgery can be used to cut, coagulate, desiccate, or fulgurate tissue.Hainer BL,… …
2electrosurgery — [ē lek΄trōsʉr′jər ē, i lek′trōsʉr′jər ē, ē lek′trəsʉr′jər ē, i lek΄trəsʉr′jər ē] n. the use of electricity in surgery, as in cauterizing …
3electrosurgery — noun Date: circa 1882 surgery by means of diathermy • electrosurgical adjective …
4electrosurgery — electrosurgical /i lek troh serr ji keuhl/, adj. /i lek troh serr jeuh ree/, n. the use in surgery of an electric instrument, as an acusector, or of an electric current, as in electrocoagulation; surgical diathermy. [1905 10; ELECTRO + SURGERY] * …
5electrosurgery — noun The application of high frequency electric current to tissue as a means to cut, coagulate, desiccate, or fulgurate it …
6Electrosurgery — Instead of using a scalpel, the surgeon utilizes a heat generating electrical device to burn or vaporize tissue in order to remove it and minimize and halt bleeding. * * * Division of tissues by high frequency current applied locally with a metal …
7electrosurgery — n. use of an electric instrument in surgery …
8electrosurgery — noun surgery using a high frequency electric current to cut tissue. Derivatives electrosurgical adjective …
9electrosurgery — n. the use of a high frequency electric current from a fine wire electrode (a diathermy knife) to cut tissue. The ground electrode is a large metal plate. When used correctly, little heat spreads to the surrounding tissues, in contrast to… …
10electrosurgery — noun surgery performed with electrical devices (as in electrocautery) • Hypernyms: ↑operation, ↑surgery, ↑surgical operation, ↑surgical procedure, ↑surgical process …
