Usually means: Using electricity to burn tissue.
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  1. galvanocaustic: Wordnik
  2. galvanocaustic: Wiktionary
  3. Galvanocaustic, galvanocaustic: Dictionary.com
  4. Galvanocaustic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. galvanocaustic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  6. Galvanocaustic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. galvanocaustic: FreeDictionary.org
  8. Galvanocaustic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (galvanocaustic)

▸ adjective:  (dated) Relating to the use of galvanic heat as a caustic, especially in medicine.

Similar:
galvanical, galvanic, galvanoscopic, galvonic, electrogalvanic, galvanometric, galvanographic, galvanoplastic, galvanopsychic, caustical, more...

Opposite:
non-galvanocaustic, ungalvanocaustic, non-corrosive, non-reactive

Types:
direct current, alternating current, more...

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Similar:
galvanical, galvanic, galvanoscopic, galvonic, electrogalvanic, galvanometric, galvanographic, galvanoplastic, galvanopsychic, caustical, more...

Opposite:
non-galvanocaustic, ungalvanocaustic, non-corrosive, non-reactive

Types:
direct current, alternating current, more...



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