"diathermy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: diathermies [plural]
Etymology: dia- + -thermy Etymology templates: {{confix|en|dia|thermy}} dia- + -thermy Head templates: {{en-noun}} diathermy (plural diathermies)
  1. (physics, medicine) The generation of heat using high-frequency electromagnetic currents; especially the therapeutic production of heat in tissues in order to form coagulation Wikipedia link: diathermy Categories (topical): Medicine, Physics Derived forms: endodiathermy Related terms: electrocautery Translations (generation of heat using high-frequency electromagnetic currents): diatermie [feminine] (Czech), diatermia (Finnish), diathermie [feminine] (French), diatermocoagulazione [feminine] (Italian), diatermia [feminine] (Polish), диатермия (diatermija) [feminine] (Russian), діатермія (diatermija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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