TENS

[tenz]

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.

TENS

/ tɛnz /

acronym

1. transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation: the application of low-voltage electric impulses to the skin to relieve rheumatic pain and provide some pain relief in labour. The pulses are said to stimulate the release of pain-killing endorphins

Word History and Origins

Origin of TENS¹

t(ranscutaneous) e(lectrical) n(erve) s(timulator)

Example Sentences

Women entered the industrial workforce by tens of thousands.

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In the Philippines, tens of thousands of people have protested against government corruption, following a series of floods which killed more than 200 people this month.

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The latest outbreak began in the Netherlands in 2023, where tens of thousands of sheep died, and midges blown over from the continent began infecting livestock in the south-east of England too.

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The bad weather has hampered rescue operations, and while tens of thousands of people have been evacuated, hundreds are still stranded, the Indonesian disaster agency said.

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Flooding has wreaked havoc and left parts of northern Perlis state under water, with two people dead and tens of thousands forced into shelters.

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