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electro- +‎ knife

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electroknife (plural electroknives)

  1. (surgery) A knife used in electrosurgery.
    • 2014, V. Oswal, M. Remacle, S. Jovanvic, Principles and Practice of Lasers in Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, page 472:
      An alternative method for the management of rhinophyma is advocated by Gjuric and Rettinger (1993), who used a mono- or bipolar electroknife.

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