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

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)

 Context examples 

Diathermy is a type of hyperthermia therapy.

(Diathermy, NCI Dictionary)

Also called diathermy.

(Electrodiathermy, NCI Dictionary)