DIATHERMY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A method of physical therapy that involves generating local heat in body tissues by high-frequency electromagnetic currents

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("diathermy" is a kind of...):

modality (a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment)

 II. (verb) 

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Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb diathermy

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