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galvanocautery

galvanocautery noun: cautery by means of a knife or needle heated by a galvanic current.

Noun

galvanocautery (usually uncountable, plural galvanocauteries)

  1. (usually) Cautery by means of a knife or needle heated by a galvanic current.
    • galvanocautery puncture

Forms of galvanocautery

pluralgalvanocauteries

Origin of galvanocautery

From galvano- + cautery.

Questions about galvanocautery

What does galvanocautery mean?
Galvanocautery means cautery by means of a knife or needle heated by a galvanic current.
What part of speech is galvanocautery?
Galvanocautery is a noun.
What is the plural of galvanocautery?
The plural of galvanocautery is galvanocauteries.

Words near galvanocautery in the dictionary

  1. galvano-
  2. galvanocaustic
  3. galvanocauteries
  4. galvanocauterization
  5. galvanocauterizations
  6. galvanocautery
  7. galvanocontractility
  8. galvanofaradisation
  9. galvanofaradization
  10. galvanoglyphy
  11. galvanograph

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