#thermocautery  cautery (destruction of tissue) by heat
  supertype:  cauterization__cautery__cauterisation  the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing
  subtype:  electrocautery  application of a needle heated by an electric current to destroy tissue (as to remove warts)

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