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DIATERMIA [1 record]

Record 1 2001-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
DEF

The production of heat in a part of the body by means of a high-frequency electric current passed between two electrodes placed on the patient's skin.

Key term(s)
  • diathermia

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
DEF

Procédé d'échauffement du corps par voie interne en le faisant traverser par des courants électriques alternatifs de haute fréquence.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento sin cirugía
DEF

Método fisioterápico de producción de calor en los tejidos por el paso a través de ellos de una corriente oscilante de alta frecuencia, evitando la sensibilidad eléctrica y las excitaciones nerviosas y musculares. Diatermia médica. Termopenetración; producción de calor en los tejidos sin destrucción. Diatermia quirúrgica. Electrocoagulación; producción de calor hasta coagulación de los tejidos. Diatermocoagulación.

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