DIATHERMY MACHINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diathermy machine mean? 

• DIATHERMY MACHINE (noun)
  The noun DIATHERMY MACHINE has 1 sense:

1. a medical instrument for local heating of bodily tissues for medical purposes

  Familiarity information: DIATHERMY MACHINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIATHERMY MACHINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A medical instrument for local heating of bodily tissues for medical purposes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("diathermy machine" is a kind of...):

medical instrument (instrument used in the practice of medicine)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diathermy machine"):

microwave diathermy machine (diathermy machine that uses microwave radiation as the source of heat)

shortwave diathermy machine (a diathermy machine that uses short wave radiation as the source of heat)