diathermy noun. ['dʌɪǝƟǝ:mi] E20.
[from DIA-¹ + Greek thermos heat + -Y³.]
Medicine. The generation of heat inside the body by passing high-frequency electric currents through it using external electrodes.
medical diathermy: in which the tissues are merely warmed. surgical diathermy: in which there is local cauterization etc.

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