RADIOTHERMY Definition & Meaning

radiothermy

[ rey-dee-oh-thur-mee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

Medicine/Medical.

therapy that utilizes the heat from a shortwave radio apparatus or diathermy machine.

radiothermy

/ ˈ��ɪ��ɪəʊˌθɜː��ɪ /

med the treatment of disease by means of heat generated by electromagnetic radiation

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His latest work has been on radiothermy, raising the temperature of the body by high frequency waves.

Radiothermy is now being used, in preference to malaria, to create the artificial fever which makes paretics at least temporarily clear-minded.

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