ELECTROTHERAPY

electrotherapy, galvanism, electric healing, electrical healing

(noun) the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

electrotherapy (plural electrotherapies)

The use of electrical energy as a medical treatment.

Coordinate terms

• electroanesthesia

Source: Wiktionary



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(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards


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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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