electrotherapeutics

 [ih-lek-troh-ther-uh-pyoo-tiks]  

e·lec·tro·ther·a·peu·tics

   [ih-lek-troh-ther-uh-pyoo-tiks]
noun (used with a singular verb)
therapeutics based on the curative effects of electricity.
Origin:
1885–90; electro- + therapeutics

Related forms
e·lec·tro·ther·a·peu·tic, e·lec·tro·ther·a·peu·ti·cal, adjective
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Electrotherapeutics has a plethora of syllables.
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a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
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electrotherapeutics (ɪˌlɛktrəʊˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪks)
 
—n
(functioning as singular) the branch of medical science concerned with the use of electrotherapy
 
electrothera'peutic
 
—adj
 
electrothera'peutical
 
—adj

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