diathermy

[ dahy-uh-thur-mee ]

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noun

, Medicine/Medical.

the production of heat in body tissues by electric currents, for therapeutic purposes.

diathermy

/ ˈdaɪəˌθɜːmɪ; ˌdaɪəˈθɜːmɪə /

local heating of the body tissues with an electric current for medical or surgical purposes

< German Diathermie (1909). See dia-, -thermy

C20: from New Latin diathermia, from dia- + Greek thermē heat

He left, returning a few minutes later with a portable apparatus somewhat resembling its progenitor, the diathermy generator.

Reduction of tension by means of various mechanical measures, notably massage, and by means of electricity and diathermy.

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