Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In medicine, the passage of a constant current through a part of the body by means of needle-shaped electrodes introduced into it.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Same as
electro-puncture .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine
electropuncture
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Examples
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_Cystomata_ may get well after simple excision or galvanopuncture of a part of the wall of the sac, but complete extirpation of the sac is often required for cure.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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