the branch of medical science concerned with the use of electrotherapy
Derived forms
electrotherapeutic (eˌlectroˌtheraˈpeutic) or electrotherapeutical (eˌlectroˌtheraˈpeutical)
adjective
electrotherapeutics in American English
(iˌlektrouˌθerəˈpjuːtɪks)
noun
(used with a sing v)
therapeutics based on the curative effects of electricity
Derived forms
electrotherapeuticelectrotherapeutical
adjective
Word origin
[1885–90; electro- + therapeutics]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: foregut, reactor, roller coaster, toner, zoomelectro- is a combining form representing electric or electricity in compound words. Other words that use the affix electro- include: electrolysis, electrolyte, electrooculogram, electroscope, electrotype