electrosurgeryn.
/ᵻˌlɛktrəʊˈsəːdʒ(ə)ri/, U.S. /əˌlɛktroʊˈsərdʒ(ə)ri/, /iˌlɛktroʊˈsərdʒ(ə)ri/ Surgery.
Surgery involving the use of electricity, esp. in the form of an electric current used to coagulate, cut, or destroy tissue.
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plastic surgery1837
self-surgery1863
oral surgery1866
electrosurgery1870
Listerism1880
morioplasty1880
brain surgery1881
tachytomy1898
neurosurgery1904
radiosurgery1929
psychosurgery1936
microsurgery1959
microsurgery1960
cryosurgery1962
day surgery1968
work1968
biosurgery1969
psychic surgery1975
telesurgery1976
1870 A. D. Rockwell in N.Y. Med. Rec. 16 May 152/2 In electro-surgery both currents avail to discuss tumours, heal ulcers, and hasten absorption, although the galvanic current..produces cauterizing effects to which the faradic is unequal.
1927 H. Cushing (title) The meningiomas arising from the olfactory groove, and their removal by the aid of electro-surgery.
1966 Dental Clinics N. Amer. Mar. 59 Noteworthy preservation of tissues and teeth can be achieved when electrosurgery is properly employed for periodontal, prosthodontic, or oral surgery procedures.
1987 E. W. Burr Compan. Bird Med. xxiii. 152/2 The Ellman Surgitron is preferred because it is useful both for electrosurgery and for electrocoagulation.
2007 Otolaryngol. 136 119/2 To obviate the inherent problems of the steel scalpel, electrosurgery was introduced in the early twentieth century.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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