diathermy
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of diathermy
Example Sentences
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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 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
In fact, intensities of 103 to 104 W/m2 are commonly used for deep-heat treatments called ultrasound diathermy.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Both were getting daily diathermy treatments; the horse for an old hip injury and Jockey Eddie Arcaro for a recent and painful dislocated shoulder.
From Time Magazine Archive
He left, returning a few minutes later with a portable apparatus somewhat resembling its progenitor, the diathermy generator.
From In the Orbit of Saturn by Roman Frederick Starzl
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