Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Medical therapy using electric currents.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
electrotherapeutics .
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- noun the use of electrical energy as a medical treatment
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis)
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Examples
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At the national level this has meant finalising the draft regulations that will deal, among other things, with the licensing of establishments for treatment of mental health problems and will set quality standards for some of the more controversial forms of treatment - such as electrotherapy and sleep therapy.
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Using a system known as cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES), NuCalm consists of a generator and a headset that transmits relaxing electrical and sound frequencies to the brain.
Sound Waves are the Latest Weapon in the Fight Against Dentist Phobias | Impact Lab 2010
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He wins himself an Academy Award and leaves the public with an eerie image of electrotherapy.
Can Magnets Enhance Your Mood? MD Vikram Sheel Kumar 2010
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He wins himself an Academy Award and leaves the public with an eerie image of electrotherapy.
Can Magnets Enhance Your Mood? MD Vikram Sheel Kumar 2010
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By Victorian times, electrotherapy were common in all the best spas.
Electricity: the Road to Health Heather McDougal 2007
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By Victorian times, electrotherapy were common in all the best spas.
Archive 2007-09-01 Heather McDougal 2007
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Seth convinces himself that his techniques, including his handy way with an electrotherapy wand, are all in the name of science, but even he is unprepared for the new Lucy who emerges - a passionate, calculating, amoral creature of large appetites.
Review: An Inconvenient Wife tinylittlelibrarian 2007
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Seth convinces himself that his techniques, including his handy way with an electrotherapy wand, are all in the name of science, but even he is unprepared for the new Lucy who emerges - a passionate, calculating, amoral creature of large appetites.
Archive 2007-12-01 tinylittlelibrarian 2007
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PS I believe the 37% that still supports Bushboy need some electrotherapy,the kind they use in Guantanamo .
Think Progress » Cheney: ‘General Overall Situation’ In Iraq Is Going ‘Remarkably Well’ 2006
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Diagnoses, treats, and cares for patients using system of practice that bases treatment of physiological functions and abnormal conditions on natural laws governing human body Utilizes physiological, psychological, and mechanical methods, such as food and herb therapy, psychotherapy, electrotherapy, natural medicines, and natural foods.
Discover What You’re Best At Linda Gale 1998
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