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Destruction of lesions or sealing off of blood vessel s (usually of the skin, but also of available surfaces of mucous membrane) by monopolar high-frequency electric current. [electro- + L. desicco, to dry up]
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elec·tro·des·ic·ca·tion i-.lek-trō-.des-i-'kā-shən n the drying of tissue by a high-frequency electric current applied with a needle-shaped electrode called also fulguration
elec·tro·des·ic·cate -'des-i-.kāt vt, -cat·ed; -cat·ing
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n.
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elec·tro·des·ic·ca·tion (e-lek″tro-des″ĭ-kaґshən) dehydration of tissue by the use of a high frequency electric current; see fulguration.Medical dictionary. 2011.