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DIATHERMY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does diathermy mean?

• DIATHERMY (noun)
The noun DIATHERMY has 1 sense:

1. a method of physical therapy that involves generating local heat in body tissues by high-frequency electromagnetic currents

Familiarity information: DIATHERMY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DIATHERMY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A method of physical therapy that involves generating local heat in body tissues by high-frequency electromagnetic currents

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("diathermy" is a kind of...):

modality (a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment)

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