diathermy

English - Turkish

Definition of diathermy in English Turkish dictionary: diyatermi; {i} ısı tedavisi; (Tıp) Vücudun yüksek frekanslı elektrik akımlarına karşı gösterdiği dirençten (mukavemetten) faydalanarak dokularda hararet meydana getirilmesi, diyatermi; elektrik akımıyla vücut dokularına hararet verme usulü
diathermy machine: diyatermi makinası
medical diathermy: (Tıp) cerrahi diyatermi

English - English

Definition of diathermy in English English dictionary: The generation of heat using high-frequency electromagnetic currents; especially the therapeutic production of heat in tissues; Use of high-frequency electric current for deep heating of tissues in physical therapy. Shortwave, ultrasound, and microwave diathermy heat tissues at different depths for different purposes. Low heat warms tissue to ease muscle pain. Higher degrees of diathermy destroy tissue; this is useful in surgery, particularly on the eye or nerves, to coagulate, limit bleeding, and seal off traumatized tissues; {i} treatment of diseased tissue using heat; The use of heat to destroy abnormal cells Also called cauterization or electrodiathermy; The healing of body tissue generated by resistance to the flow of high-frequency electric current; a method of physical therapy that involves generating local heat in body tissues by high-frequency electromagnetic currents; The passage of high-frequency electric current, used, for example, to stop bleeding during surgery
diathermy machine: a medical instrument for local heating of bodily tissues for medical purposes
microwave diathermy machine: diathermy machine that uses microwave radiation as the source of heat
shortwave diathermy machine: a diathermy machine that uses short wave radiation as the source of heat

diathermy

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di·a·ther·my

dayıthırmi

/ˈdīəˌᴛʜərmē/ /ˈdaɪəˌθɜrmiː/

() dia- + -thermy

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