diathermy
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of diathermy
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Hogan had been taking diathermy treatments three times a week and lifting weights on the edge of his bed at night, and sleeping with heat pads.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 26, 2020
In fact, intensities of 103 to 104 W/m2 are commonly used for deep-heat treatments called ultrasound diathermy.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
In both athletics and physical therapy, ultrasound diathermy is most often applied to injured or overworked muscles to relieve pain and improve flexibility.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Penicillin and diathermy saved the leg, but while such infections can be curbed, they are sometimes impossible to cure.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is not germane to the subject to name the various ocular diseases which were treated in this manner, but Clausnizer has made an investigation of the influence of diathermy on intra-ocular tension.
From Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 by Willis O. Nance
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