In medicine, diathermia or diathermy is usage of electrically induced heat in therapeutic purposes. It is commonly used to cause muscle relaxation. It is also a method of heating tissue electromagnetically or ultrasonically for therapeutic purposes in medicine. In surgery, it is used as a method of electrocauterization, for example to control blee...
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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 the...
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