electrotherapeutics

American

[ih-lek-troh-ther-uh-pyoo-tiks] / ɪˌlɛk troʊˌθɛr əˈpyu tɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

therapeutics therapeutics based on the curative effects of electricity.

electrotherapeutics British

/ ɪˌlɛktrəʊˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪks /

noun

(functioning as singular) the branch of medical science concerned with the use of electrotherapy

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Other Word Forms

electrotherapeutic adjective
electrotherapeutical adjective

Etymology

Origin of electrotherapeutics

First recorded in 1885–90; electro- + therapeutics

Example Sentences

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ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS, a general term for the use of electricity in therapeutics, i.e. in the alleviation and cure of disease.

From Project Gutenberg

For radiant heat and light baths and electric baths of all kinds, see Electrotherapeutics; and for compressed air baths, Aerotherapeutics.

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By the time she has completed a course of treatment she has tasted all the drugs in the pharmacopeia, wears plates on her feet, spectacles on her nose, has had her teeth tinkered with, and her insides straightened; has had a course in hydrotherapeutics, electrotherapeutics, osteopathy, and Christian Science!

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