electrosurgery

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noun

the application of high-frequency electric current to tissue as a means to cut, coagulate, desiccate, or fulgurate it

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Meanings

nounelectrosurgery (usually uncountable, plural electrosurgeries)

plural electrosurgeries

  1. uncountableusuallymedicinethe application of high-frequency electric current to tissue as a means to cut, coagulate, desiccate, or fulgurate it

Origin

From electro- + surgery.

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Translations

Italian elettrochirurgia
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APA

electrosurgery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electrosurgery

MLA

“electrosurgery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electrosurgery. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “electrosurgery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electrosurgery.

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