Definitions for "Electrocautery"
A term used for the destruction of tissue or blood vessels, there are two types of instrument, mono and bi polar, the end result is the same.
A surgical treatment in which electric current is used to remove growths. Newer techniques of electrocautery are called loop electrosurgical excision procedures (LEEP), in which low voltage radio waves are used to remove growths.
cauterization using electircal current
Keywords:  diathermy, see
See: diathermy