English Explanatory Dictionary

Paquelin's thermocautery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Paquelin's thermocautery

Etymology

Named after its inventor, Claude-André Paquelin.

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