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thermocautery
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Thermocautery \Ther`mo*cau"ter*y\, n. [Thermo- + cautery.] (Surg.) Cautery by the application of heat.
Paquelin's thermocautery, thermocautery by means of a hollow platinum point, which is kept constantly hot by the passage through it of benzine vapor.
Wiktionary
n. cauterization by means of heat
WordNet
n. cautery (destruction of tissue) by heat
Usage examples of "thermocautery".
The eruption caught the Borg ship in a giant thermocautery and turned it into so much scoria in a half second.
The growth was cut away, bleeding was arrested by the thermocautery and by iron-solution, the wound entirely healed, and the patient recovered.
Tenderness and hyperesthesia over the spinous processes of the 4th, 5th, and 6th cervical vertebrae led to the application of the thermocautery, which, in conjunction with the administration of ergot and bromide, was attended with marked benefit, though not by complete cure.