Defn: 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.
THERMOCHEMIC; THERMOCHEMICAL
Ther`mo*chem"ic, Ther`mo*chem"ic*al, a. (Chem. Physics)
Defn: Of or pertaining to thermochemistry; obtained by, or employed in, thermochemistry.
THERMOCHEMISTRY
Ther`mo*chem"is*try, n. Etym: [Thermo- + chemistry.]
Defn: That branch of chemical science which includes the investigation of the various relations existing between chemical action and that manifestation of force termed heat, or the determination of the heat evolved by, or employed in, chemical actions.
THERMOCHROIC
Ther`mo*chro"ic, a. [Thermo-+ Gr. , , color.]
Defn: Pert. to or designating heat rays that have undergone selective absorption and are therefore analogous to colored light rays.
THERMOCHROSY
Ther*moch"ro*sy, n. Etym: [Thermo- + Gr. (Physics)
Defn: The property possessed by heat of being composed, like light, of rays of different degrees of refrangibility, which are unequal in rate or degree of transmission through diathermic substances.
THERMOCOUPLE
Ther"mo*cou`ple, n.