You searched for: “electrotherapy”
electrotherapy, electrotherapeutics
1. The use of electricity in treating musculoskeletal dysfunction, pain, or disease.
2. The use of low-intensity electricity to treat insomnia, anxiety, or neurotic depression.
3. Using an electrode with a point or surface from which to discharge current to treat the body of a patient.
4. Applying electric current to the body for massage or heat treatment.
This entry is located in the following units: electro-, electr-, electri- (page 88) -ics, -tics [-ac after i] (page 14) therap-, -therapeutic[s], -therapeutically, -therapy, -therapies, -therapist (page 5)
Word Entries containing the term: “electrotherapy”
electrotherapy apparatus
Equipment for applying electric current to the body for massage or heat treatment.
This entry is located in the following units: electro-, electr-, electri- (page 88) therap-, -therapeutic[s], -therapeutically, -therapy, -therapies, -therapist (page 5)