Paquelin's thermocautery

English

Etymology

Named after its inventor, Claude-André Paquelin.

Noun

Paquelin's thermocautery (uncountable)

1. thermocautery by means of a hollow platinum point, which is kept constantly hot by the passage through it of benzine vapour

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “Paquelin's thermocautery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)