HyperDic: electrocautery

English > 1 sense of the word electrocautery:
NOUNactelectrocauteryapplication of a needle heated by an electric current to destroy tissue (as to remove warts)
English > electrocautery: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningApplication of a needle heated by an electric current to destroy tissue (as to remove warts).
Broaderthermocauterycautery (destruction of tissue) by heat

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