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electrosurgery

Definition of electrosurgery

noun

[mass noun]
  • surgery using a high-frequency electric current to heat and so cut tissue with great precision.

Derivatives

electrosurgical

adjective

electrosurgery in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of electrosurgery in the US English dictionary
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