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单词 electrotherapy
释义

electrotherapy

noun

elec·​tro·​ther·​a·​py i-ˌlek-trō-ˈther-ə-pē How to pronounce electrotherapy (audio)
: the therapeutic use of electricity

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Hydrotherapy and electrotherapy, delivered by elaborate machines that sent painful jolts of electricity through the body, were also put into use. Daphne Merkin, The Atlantic, 10 July 2022 At Audrey, staff will have a wellness room with many of the tools Brock himself uses: massage, Reiki, acupuncture, cranial electrotherapy stimulation, and light and aroma therapies. Howie Kahn, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2021 And in East Nashville, Tenn., the chef Sean Brock is building a soundproof room in his new culinary compound where employees can escape for a treatment called cranial electrotherapy stimulation. Kim Severson, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2020 Her specialties included hydrotherapy and electrotherapy, the use of water and electricity to treat illnesses and diseases. Louisville Courier Journal, The Courier-Journal, 3 Feb. 2020 Cheung Yiu-kai, 66, was recently treated for liver cancer using a combination of surgery and electrotherapy -- in which electric currents are applied to tumors -- at Queen Mary Hospital to remove a series of tumors. Meera Senthilingam, CNN, 19 June 2019 Researchers found that adding treatment with electrotherapy or acupuncture reduced or delayed the use of opioids for pain relief. Linda Searing, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2017 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1861, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

electrotherapy

noun

elec·​tro·​ther·​a·​py -ˈther-ə-pē How to pronounce electrotherapy (audio)
plural electrotherapies
: treatment of disease by means of electricity (as in diathermy)
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