DIATHERMY


Meaning of DIATHERMY in English

[ 'dʌɪəˌθə:mi ]

■ noun a medical and surgical technique involving the production of heat in a part of the body by high-frequency electric currents.

Origin

early 20th cent.: from dia- + Gk thermon 'heat'.

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