THERMOTHERAPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thermotherapy mean? 

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

1. the use of heat to treat a disease or disorder; heating pads or hot compresses or hot-water bottles are used to promote circulation in peripheral vascular disease or to relax tense muscles

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• THERMOTHERAPY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The use of heat to treat a disease or disorder; heating pads or hot compresses or hot-water bottles are used to promote circulation in peripheral vascular disease or to relax tense muscles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

therapy ((medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.))

 Context examples 

Also called microwave thermotherapy.

(Microwave therapy, NCI Dictionary)