= electrotherapy, n.

Medicine. The destruction or treatment of tumours, polyps, calculi, etc., by passing an electric current through the affected area.

Treatment, esp. of medical or psychiatric conditions, with electricity.

The action of faradizing; the application of induced currents of electricity to the body.

Inductive electricity; the application of this for therapeutic purposes.

= faradism, n.

= electrotherapy, n. rare. Now disused.

Surgery. Destruction of tissue, esp. malignant tissue, by means of an electrical current; an instance of this.

The action of destroying tissue by means of an electrical current; = fulguration, n. 3. Frequently attributive.

An electric shock, esp. one used in the treatment of mental illness; the therapeutic use of electric shocks. Also: the state of having been…