Thermocautery \Ther`mo*cau"ter*y\, n. [Thermo- + cautery.]
(Surg.)
Cautery by the application of heat.
[1913 Webster]
{Paquelin's thermocautery}, thermocautery by means of a
hollow platinum point, which is kept constantly hot by the
passage through it of benzine vapor.
[1913 Webster] Thermochemic