electrosurgery

e·lec·tro·sur·ger·y

E0082100 (ĭ-lĕk′trō-sûr′jə-rē)n. The surgical use of high-frequency electric current for cutting or destroying tissue, as in cauterization.

e·lec′tro·sur′gi·cal (-jĭ-kəl) adj.

electrosurgery

(ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈsɜːdʒərɪ) n (Surgery) the surgical use of electricity, as in cauterization eˌlectroˈsurgical adj

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Noun

electrosurgery - surgery performed with electrical devices (as in electrocautery)surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery"

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Electrosurgery

electrosurgery

[i¦lek·trō′sərj·ə·rē] (medicine) The use of electricity to perform surgical procedures, as the use of electricity to simultaneously cut tissue and arrest bleeding.

Electrosurgery

surgery involving the application of a high-frequency current (hundreds of thousands of oscillations per second) to tissues, with a sharp elevation of temperature at the point of contact between the active electrode and the tissues.

A distinction is made between electrotomy, the separation and excision of tissues, and electrocoagulation, the cauterization (coagulation of proteins) of tissues. Incision of tissues with an electric knife does not cause bleeding because the blood coagulates along the incision. Electrosurgical methods are used in operations on the brain (the bloodless operative field permits visual control of the operation) and eyes. They are also used to remove skin tumors and in dentistry.

electrosurgery

e·lec·tro·sur·ger·y

(ē-lek'trō-sŭr'jĕr-ē), Division of tissues by high frequency current applied locally with a metal instrument or needle. See: electroscission.
See also: electrocautery. Synonym(s): electrotomy

electrosurgery

(ĭ-lĕk′trō-sûr′jə-rē)n. The surgical use of high-frequency electric current for cutting or destroying tissue, as in cauterization.

e·lec′tro·sur′gi·cal (-jĭ-kəl) adj.

e·lec·tro·sur·ger·y

(ĕ-lek'trō-sŭr'jĕr-ē) Division of tissues by high frequency current applied locally with a metal instrument or needle.
See also: electrocautery

e·lec·tro·sur·ger·y

(ĕ-lek'trō-sŭr'jĕr-ē) Division of tissues by high frequency current applied locally with a metal instrument or needle.

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noun surgery performed with electrical devices (as in electrocautery)

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