Look up: diathermy

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   Diathermy
   Diathermy is a therapeutic treatment in which heat is produced in body tissues by passing high-frequency electric currents through them.
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   diathermy
   [n] - a method of physical therapy that involves generating local heat in body tissues by high-frequency electromagnetic currents
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   Diathermy
   (loop diathermy) A method of destroying abnormal pre-cancerous cells on the cervix. The abnormal cells are destroyed by a small electric current which the surgeon passes through the area.
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   Diathermy
   Deep-heat therapy that uses high-frequency electric currents to produce heat in body tissues. Physical therapists and sports physicians use diathermy to treat arthritis, bursitis, and fractures. It also may help treat gynecological diseases and sinusitis.
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   Diathermy
   the use of high-frequency currents, microwaves, or ultrasound to produce heat in the body to increase blood flow, relieve pain, or destroy diseased tissue
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   Diathermy
   Diathermy: The use of heat to destroy abnormal cells. Also called cauterization or electrodiathermy.
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   Diathermy
   The destruction of tissue, usually to stop bleeding by using a high frequency electric current to generate heat.
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   diathermy
   <procedure, surgery> The heating of the body tissues due to their resistance to the passage of high-frequency electromagnetic radiation, electric currents or ultrasonic waves. In medical diathermy (thermopenetration) the tissues are warmed but not damaged, in surgical diathermy (electrocoagulation) tissue is destroyed. ... Origin: Gr. Therm = ...
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   diathermy
   noun a method of physical therapy that involves generating local heat in body tissues by high-frequency electromagnetic currents
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    Diathermy
    In the natural sciences, the term `diathermy` means `electrically induced heat` and is commonly used for muscle relaxation. It is also a method of heating tissue electromagnetically or ultrasonically for therapeutic purposes in medicine.
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    diathermy
    (di´ә-thur″me) the use of high-frequency electromagnetic currents as a form of physical therapy (medical diathermy) or for surgical procedures (surgical diathermy). adj., diather´mal, diather´mic., adj. medical diathermy application of currents of low tension and high...
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    diathermy
    form of physical therapy in which deep heating of tissues is accomplished by the use of high-frequency electrical current. American engineer and ... [2 related articles]
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    diathermy
    (dia- + Gr. therm heat) heating of the body tissues due to their resistance to the passage of high-frequency electromagnetic radiation, electric currents, or ultrasonic waves. In medical d. (thermopenetration) the tissues are warmed but not damaged; in surgical d. (electrocoagulation) tissue is destroyed.
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    diathermy
    diathermy, diathermic, diathermia, diathermous, transthermia 1. The therapeutic passing of high-frequency electric currents through the body by means of external electrodes in order to generate heat within the body. 2. Medical diathermy, in which the tissues are warmed but not sufficiently to change their nature. 3. Surgical diathermy, in which there is sufficient heating to produce a local change such a...
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    diathermy
    Local elevation of temperature within the tissues, produced by high frequency current, ultrasonic waves, or microwave radiation. Syn: transthermia [G. dia, through, + therm, heat]
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    diathermy
    1 - application of a current of the order of one ampere, having a frequency of the order of one megahertz and circulating between two skin electrodes, in order to raise tissue temperature in a controlled manner 2 - synonymous with diathermocoagulation
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    diathermy
    diathermy (dī'uthûr"mē) , therapeutic measure used in medicine to generate heat in the body tissues. Electrodes and other instruments are used to transmit electric current to surface structures, thereby increasing the local blood circulation and facilitating and accelerating...
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