electrotherapy

noun

elec·tro·ther·a·py | \ i-ˌlek-trō-ˈther-ə-pē

Definition of electrotherapy

: the therapeutic use of electricity

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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, "Chinese medicine: The next step in cancer recovery?," 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, "Can acupuncture and other nondrug therapies help pain after knee surgery?," 21 Aug. 2017

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electrotherapy

noun

elec·tro·ther·a·py | \ -ˈther-ə-pē

plural electrotherapies

: treatment of disease by means of electricity (as in diathermy)