electrocauterization

noun, plural e·lec·tro·cau·ter·ies. Medicine/Medical.

1. a handheld, needlelike cautery heated by an electric current.
2. Also e·lec·tro·cau·ter·i·za·tion. the process of cutting and cauterizing skin simultaneously, or coagulating blood from vessels around a surgical incision, by means of an electrocautery.

noun

1. vet science the use of an electrically heated metal instrument for cautery

n.

1. The cauterization of tissue by an electrocautery.

n.

1. An instrument for directing a high-frequency current through a local area of tissue.
2. A metal cauterizing instrument heated by electricity.
3. The cauterization of tissue by means of one of these instruments.