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Meaning of electrothermy in English:

electrothermy

Pronunciation /ɪˈlɛktrə(ʊ)ˌθəːmi/

noun

  • 1Surgery Medicine
    The therapeutic use of heat generated by electricity, especially as delivered by a heated electrode or probe.

  • 2The industrial use of heat produced by electricity.

Origin

Late 19th century; earliest use found in The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences.