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diathermy

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Also though, there was a case of a surgeon using diathermy to brand his initials onto patients organs.

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(physics, medicine) The generation of heat using high-frequency electromagnetic currents; especially the therapeutic production of heat in tissues in order to form coagulation

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noun

(physics, medicine) The generation of heat using high-frequency electromagnetic currents; especially the therapeutic production of heat in tissues in order to form coagulation

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for diathermy.

noun

(physics, medicine) The generation of heat using high-frequency electromagnetic currents; especially the therapeutic production of heat in tissues in order to form coagulation

Example sentences

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Also though, there was a case of a surgeon using diathermy to brand his initials onto patients organs.

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Yes, 1946 was when the FCC opened up 2450 +/- 50 Mc (later MHz), for microwave and medical diathermy use.

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You could do the same thing at 13 MHz (diathermy) or 95 GHz (active denial).

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Commercial ovens, medical diathermy, and a few shenanigans from GE are why 2.4 is open.

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Examples of applications for the use of radio frequency (RF) energy in these bands include radio-frequency process heating, microwave ovens, and medical diathermy machines.

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Do they use diathermy to soften the compound at so it spreads after injection but not before, and the contrast dye so they can do spinal adjacent placement safely?

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On specific frequencies, you can use much more power for things like drying rolls of paper in a factory by blasting kilowatts of gigahertz RF or medical diathermy than you can for communications such as wifi.

Quote examples

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I'm guessing "tens of watts in a ISM diathermy band" is going to substantially encourage them.

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How do you use diathermy in a sentence?

Also though, there was a case of a surgeon using diathermy to brand his initials onto patients organs.

What does diathermy mean?

(physics, medicine) The generation of heat using high-frequency electromagnetic currents; especially the therapeutic production of heat in tissues in order to form coagulation

What part of speech is diathermy?

diathermy is commonly used as noun.