Electrocautery

Electrocautery

An instrument for cauterising (burning with heat or chemical in order to close a wound) tissue in which a platinum wire is heated by a current of electricity.

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Category: OBGYN equipment
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1. In medicine, a cauterizing instrument consisting essentially of a platinum wire (at the tip of an insulated probe) that is heated by an electric current. 2. Cauterizing with ...

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An instrument for cauterizing (burning with heat or chemical in order to close a wound) tissue in which a platinum wire is heated by a current of electricity.

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