1) Heat treatment 2) Therapy 
• (n.) Treatment of disease by heat, esp. by hot air.
Destruction of an organ or tissue by heating to a high temperature
Treatment of disease using heat.
Treatment of disease by therapeutic application of heat. ... Origin: thermo-+ G. Therapeia, treatment ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(thur″mo-ther´ә-pe) therapeutic use of heat. transurethral microwave thermotherapy(TUMT) delivery of microwave energy to the prostate using an antenna attached to a Foley-type catheter, which is inserted through the urethra. It is used to destroy hyp...
Ther`mo·ther'a·py noun [ Thermo- + therapy .] (Medicine) Treatment of disease by heat, esp. by hot air. 
Type: Term Pronunciation: ther′mō-thār′ă-pē Definitions: 1. Treatment of disease by therapeutic application of heat.
[n] - the use of heat to treat a disease or disorder
thermotherapy, thermotherapeutics 1. The branch of therapeutics concerned with the application of heat. 2. The medical treatment of an illness with the application of heat. Heat may be applied locally by radiant heating devices that give off infrared rays and by conductive heating that uses hot water bottles, paraffin baths, or moist hot packs.
Translations for „Thermotherapy“ Become a Premium Member today! In this process, vines (or other plants) infected by viruses are grown at high temperatures of up to 40 °C. Then tips of the shoots are used for vegetative propagation. The plants that grow from this are virus-free. With this technique, various diseases such as brus...
noun the use of heat to treat a disease or disorder; heating pads or hot compresses or hot-water bottles are used to promote circulation in peripheral vascular disease or to relax tense muscles