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Webster 1913 Edition
Thermocautery
Therˊmo-cau′ter-y
,Noun.
[
Thermo-
+ cautery
.] (Surg.)
Cautery by the application of heat.
Paquelin’s thermocautery
, thermocautery by means of a hollow platinum point, which is kept constantly hot by the passage through it of benzine vapor.