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electric needle

noun

, Surgery.


electric needle

noun

  1. a surgical instrument for cutting tissue by the application of a high-frequency current


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Example Sentences

You have guessed something of this by the use of the compass, or electric needle.

His own met them full; and a little tingling shock ran through him, as at the touch of an electric needle.

To those who have any timidity at all about the electric needle, there is peroxide of hydrogen and diluted ammonia.

The electric needle is the only sure and certain cure, and two sittings will be sufficient to remove them for good and always.

The common man of to-day is capable of a like transformation if pricked with the electric needle of a lofty appeal.

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