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GALVANOCAUTERY

\ɡˈalvɐnˌɒkətəɹi], \ɡˈalvɐnˌɒkətəɹi], \ɡ_ˈa_l_v_ɐ_n_ˌɒ_k_ə_t_ə_ɹ_i]\

Definitions of GALVANOCAUTERY

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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Cautery effected by a knife or needle heated by the passage of a galvanic current.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Cautery effected by a knife or needle heated by the passage of a galvanic current.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Electrosurgical procedures used to treat hemorrhage (e.g., bleeding ulcers) and to ablate tumors, mucosal lesions, and refractory arrhythmias.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Cautery by a wire heated by galvanic current.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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