Medical Dictionary

radio knife

noun

Medical Definition of RADIO KNIFE

:  a needlelike surgical instrument using high-frequency oscillations in the form of a tiny electric arc at the point of cutting through or cutting away tissue and at the same time sterilizing the edges of the wound and sealing cut blood vessels—called also acusector

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