electrocoagulation

n. Medicine
Therapeutic use of a high-frequency electric current to bring about the coagulation and destruction of tissue.

(ē-lek′trō-kō-ag′yōō-la′shən)
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The use of electrically generated heat to destroy tissue by coagulation necrosis. Usually a platinum wire electrode or loop is used.

(ĭ-lĕk'trō-kō-ăg'yə-lā'shən)
n.

Therapeutic use of a high-frequency electric current to bring about the coagulation and destruction of tissue.

A method of electrosurgery used to coagulate tissue, which employs moderately damped or modulated undamped alternating current, and requires both an active concentrating electrode and an inactive dispersing electrode. See also electrosurgery.

• bipolar e. — the electrical current passes between two tips of a handpiece.
• monopolar e. — the electrical current passes from the handpiece to a ground plate, passing through the patient.