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  • Microwave coagulator

    A surgical instrument that focuses microwave energy through an antenna to cut or cauterize tissue. The device can be used in open or laparoscopic surgeries.  

  • Infrared coagulator

    A surgical instrument that focuses infrared light energy to cut or damage tissues or to stop bleeding. The device has been used in skin surgery, hair transplantation, ablation of abnormal cardiac conduction pathways, and treatment of internal hemorrhoids, among other applications.  

  • Argon beam coagulator

    A surgical instrument used to cut or cauterize tissues, which relies on a jet of argon gas to carry electrons into the operative field.  

  • Coagulator

    A surgical device that utilizes electrical current, light energy, ultrasound, etc., to stop bleeding.  

  • Coagulable

    Capable of clotting; likely to clot.  

  • Coagulability

    The capacity to form clots, especially blood clots.  

  • Coagglutination

    Use of latex or other inert particles to which an antibody will bind in laboratory tests of agglutination.  

  • Coadministration

    The giving of two or more therapeutic agents at the same time.  

  • Coadaptation

    Mutual adaptation of two independent organisms, organs, or persons.  

  • Coach

    To provide suggestions, feedback, direction, and redirection to another person to improve the ability to perform a task well.  

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