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n. the use of induced rapidly alternating electric currents to stimulate nerve and muscle activity. See also electrotherapy.
Health Source: Oxford | Concise Colour Medical Dictionary
Author: Jonathan Law, Elizabeth Martin

Electrotherapy

n. the passage of electric currents through the body’s tissues to stimulate the functioning of nerves and the muscles that they supply. The technique is used to treat the muscles of patients with various forms of paralysis due to nerve disease or muscle disorder. See also faradism; galvanism.... electrotherapy

Galvanism

n. (formerly) any form of medical treatment using electricity. Interrupted galvanism is a form of *electrotherapy in which direct current, in impulses lasting for 30 to 100 milliseconds, is used to stimulate the activity of nerves or the muscles they supply. See also faradism.... galvanism

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