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electrosurgery
(e-lek″tro-sur´jәr-e)
the use of high-frequency alternating current to remove, cut into, or destroy tissue, done by converting the electrical energy
into heat because the tissue has resistance to the passage of the electrical current. There are four basic types of electrosurgery:
electrodesiccation, electrofulguration, electrocoagulation, and electrosection. Called also surgical diathermy. adj., electrosur´gical., adj.

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