thermocoagulation

[ thur-moh-koh-ag-yuh-ley-shuhn ]

nounSurgery.
  1. the coagulation of tissue by heat-producing high-frequency electric currents, used therapeutically to remove small growths or to create specific lesions in the brain.

Origin of thermocoagulation

1
1920–25; thermo- + coagulation

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