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Paquelin's thermocautery
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English
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Etymology
Named after its inventor, Claude-André Paquelin.
Noun
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en historical medicine thermocautery by means of a hollow platinum point, which is kept constantly hot by the passage through it of benzene vapour
thermocautery
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