electrotherapy
/ɪˌlɛktrə(ʊ)ˈθɛrəpi
/noun [mass noun]
The use of electric currents passed through the body to stimulate nerves and muscles, chiefly in the treatment of various forms of paralysis.There are two types of electrotherapy - transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and neuromuscular electrical stimulation....
- Physiotherapy involves a range of treatments, including manipulation, massage, exercise, electrotherapy and hydrotherapy.
- We have a sad history of enforced treatment of people who've committed crimes but now treatments like electrotherapy, electric shock treatment, and psychosurgery are very strictly regulated.
Derivatives
electrotherapeutic
- Paul Keyser says that ‘Mesopotamian medical practice included a number of elements conducive to the reception of an electrotherapeutic device of this sort.’
- Eastern European countries also use a wide variety of electrotherapeutic procedures for restoration whereas many of these are largely restricted to rehabilitatory roles in the West.
- Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing electrotherapeutic lamp units for ultraviolet and infrared radiation are classified here.
electrotherapeutical
- two major scientific congresses took place, and four minor meetings were held with workshops concerning electrotherapeutical treatment of pain.
- This electrotherapeutical procedure known as the two-chamber or four-chamber bath uses the water tanks with dipped electrodes.
electrotherapist
/ noun ...- The electrotherapist is depicted as cruel, the embodiment of evil, in contrast to more avuncular presentations of the psychotherapist elsewhere.
- Electrotherapists never felt pressured to form an organisation to protect their interests.
- The desire to avoid ionization of the skin, when direct or galvanic current is used, prevents the electrotherapist from appreciating the electronic nature of electricity.