• (electrocauterization) A procedure for destroying tissue using an electrical current.
  CDISC Terminology
  Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
• (fulguration) A procedure that uses a high-frequency current for the purpose of destroying living tissue, most commonly malignant tumors.
  NCI Thesaurus
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• (fulguration) A procedure to destroy tissue (such as a tumor) using an electric current.
  NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• Procedures using an electrically heated wire or scalpel to treat hemorrhage (e.g., bleeding ulcers) and to ablate tumors, mucosal lesions, and refractory arrhythmias. It is different from ELECTROSURGERY which is used more for cutting tissue than destroying and in which the patient is part of the electric circuit.
  NLM Medical Subject Headings
  U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
• (electrocauterization) To destroy tissue using an electrical current. This process may be used to kill certain types of small tumors or to seal off blood vessels to stop bleeding.
  NCI Thesaurus
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• Electrocautery, also known as thermal cautery, refers to a process in which a direct or alternating current is passed through a resistant metal wire electrode, generating heat. The heated electrode is then applied to living tissue to achieve hemostasis or varying degrees of tissue destruction.
  Medscape
  WebMD, 2019