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electrotherapy
[ ih-lek-troh-ther-uh-pee ]
/ ɪˌlɛk troʊˈθɛr ə pi /
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noun
treatment of diseases by means of electricity; electrotherapeutics.
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How to use electrotherapy in a sentence
This kind of electrotherapy will be reserved for the most intractable patients, for whom traditional interventions have failed.
Several of our own patients, similarly affected, have found electrotherapy an egregious failure.
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British Dictionary definitions for electrotherapy
electrotherapy
/ (ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈθɛrəpɪ) /
noun
treatment in which electric currents are passed through the tissues to stimulate muscle function in paralysed patients
Derived forms of electrotherapy
electrotherapist, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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