'Thermocautery' definitions:
Definition of 'thermocautery'
(from WordNet)
noun
Cautery (destruction of tissue) by heat
Definition of 'Thermocautery'
From: GCIDE
- Thermocautery \Ther`mo*cau"ter*y\, n. [Thermo- + cautery.] (Surg.) Cautery by the application of heat. [1913 Webster]
- Paquelin's thermocautery, thermocautery by means of a hollow platinum point, which is kept constantly hot by the passage through it of benzine vapor. [1913 Webster] Thermochemic