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ELECTROCOAGULATION

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e⋅lec⋅tro⋅co⋅ag⋅u⋅la⋅tion

[i-lek-troh-koh-ag-yuh-ley-shuhn]
–noun Medicine/Medical, Surgery.
the coagulation of a tumor or other diseased tissue by means of diathermy.

Origin:
1910–15; electro- + coagulation
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e·lec·tro·co·ag·u·la·tion   (ĭ-lěk'trō-kō-āg'yə-lā'shən)   
n.   Medicine
Therapeutic use of a high-frequency electric current to bring about the coagulation and destruction of tissue.
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Main Entry: elec·tro·co·ag·u·la·tion
Pronunciation: -kO-"ag-y&-'lA-sh&n
Function: noun
: the surgicalcoagulation of tissue by diathermy called also diathermocoagulation
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electrocoagulation e·lec·tro·co·ag·u·la·tion (ĭ-lěk'trō-kō-āg'yə-lā'shən)
n.
Therapeutic use of a high-frequency electric current to bring about the coagulation and destruction of tissue.

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