electrosurgicaladj.
/ᵻˌlɛktrəʊˈsəːdʒɪkl/, U.S. /əˌlɛktroʊˈsərdʒək(ə)l/, /iˌlɛktroʊˈsərdʒək(ə)l/ Medicine.
Of or relating to electrosurgery.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > [adjective] > types of surgery generally
minor1825
exploratory1828
plastic1837
electrosurgical1870
Listerian1880
open1894
neurosurgical1918
micro-operative1922
cosmetic1926
microsurgical1927
radiosurgical1928
atraumatic1934
psychosurgical1946
cryosurgical1962
1870 Evening Gaz. (Port Jervis, N.Y.) 6 Oct. 1/1 An extraordinary electro-surgical operation.
1900 Lancet 16 June 1722/2 I consulted Mr. S. W. Cuttriss, electrician, and induced him to bring out an electro-surgical motor.
1930 Arch. Physical Therapy 9 97/2 For convenience the term electrosurgery will be employed to designate operations by the desiccation, coagulation and electrosurgical knife methods.
1989 Jrnl. Dermatologic Surg. & Oncol. 15 366/2 Many electrosurgical units provide a low level of coagulation current for bipolar coagulation.
Derivatives
eˌlectroˈsurgically adv. by means of electrosurgery; as regards the field of electrosurgery.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > [adverb] > type of
electrosurgically1938
1938 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 16 Oct. iv. 8 When particular levels of the tiny animals' internal ear were electrosurgically damaged in laboratory tests, deafness to a corresponding range of sounds resulted.
1966 Dental Clinics N. Amer. Mar. 71 A brilliantly controlled experiment by an electrosurgically qualified graduate student.
2005 Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 61 767/1 It seems likely that the fistula was at least partially induced electrosurgically during the polypectomy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1870