galvanocautery

English

Etymology

From galvano- +‎ cautery.

Noun

galvanocautery (usually uncountable, plural galvanocauteries)

1. (surgery) Cautery by means of a knife or needle heated by a galvanic current.

   galvanocautery puncture

Translations

cautery by means of a knife or needle heated by a galvanic current

• French: galvanocautérisation f (process), galvanocautère (fr) m (device)

References

• “galvanocautery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.