Thermocautery \Ther`mo*cau"ter*y\, n. [Thermo- + cautery.]

(Surg.) Cautery by the application of heat.

Paquelin's thermocautery, thermocautery by means of a hollow platinum point, which is kept constantly hot by the passage through it of benzine vapor.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)