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PHOTOCOAGULATOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surgical instrument containing a laser for use in photocoagulation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("photocoagulator" is a kind of...):
surgical instrument (a medical instrument used in surgery)
Meronyms (parts of "photocoagulator"):
laser; optical maser (an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light)