electrosurgery: Meaning and Definition of

e•lec•tro•sur•ger•y

Pronunciation: (i-lek"trō-sûr'ju-rē), [key]
— n.
  1. the use in surgery of an electric instrument, as an acusector, or of an electric current, as in electrocoagulation; surgical diathermy.
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