Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The surgical use of high-frequency electric current for cutting or destroying tissue, as in cauterization.
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- noun surgery the application of high-frequency
electric current totissue as a means tocut ,coagulate ,desiccate , orfulgurate it
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- noun surgery performed with electrical devices (as in electrocautery)
Etymologies
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Examples
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The flammable antiseptic solution came into contact with the electrical current being used for her electrosurgery; the woman survived, but had to be treated for burns, The Local reported.
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Surgical options to treat this condition include minimally invasive care such as endoscopic treatments and a radiofrequency electrosurgery in which energy is delivered to the tissue through a catheter.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: When Common Acid Indigestion Takes You Beyond the Pink M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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The electrosurgery causes tissue to constrict and the muscle wall to thicken.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: When Common Acid Indigestion Takes You Beyond the Pink M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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Surgical options to treat this condition include minimally invasive care such as endoscopic treatments and a radiofrequency electrosurgery in which energy is delivered to the tissue through a catheter.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: When Common Acid Indigestion Takes You Beyond the Pink M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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Surgical options to treat this condition include minimally invasive care such as endoscopic treatments and a radiofrequency electrosurgery in which energy is delivered to the tissue through a catheter.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: When Common Acid Indigestion Takes You Beyond the Pink M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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Surgical options to treat this condition include minimally invasive care such as endoscopic treatments and a radiofrequency electrosurgery in which energy is delivered to the tissue through a catheter.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: When Common Acid Indigestion Takes You Beyond the Pink M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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The electrosurgery causes tissue to constrict and the muscle wall to thicken.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: When Common Acid Indigestion Takes You Beyond the Pink M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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The electrosurgery causes tissue to constrict and the muscle wall to thicken.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: When Common Acid Indigestion Takes You Beyond the Pink M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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The electrosurgery causes tissue to constrict and the muscle wall to thicken.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: When Common Acid Indigestion Takes You Beyond the Pink M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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In surgery it is used in a procedure called "argon enhanced coagulation" which is a form of argon plasma beam electrosurgery.
Argon 2009
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