The cutting or division of tissue using electrical current in surgical procedures.
From electro- + scission (cutting, from Latin scindere 'to cut'). Medical terminology developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Electroscission is a controlled way to cut through tissue while simultaneously cauterizing, which means surgeons lose less blood and can see the surgical field more clearly—electricity doing two jobs at once.
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