magnetotherapy

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noun

The medical treatment of disease by the application of magnets to the surface of the body.

OriginEnglish therapy ← New Latin therapīa ← Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía) →
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Meanings

nounmagnetotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural magnetotherapies)

plural magnetotherapies

  1. countableuncountablemedicineThe medical treatment of disease by the application of magnets to the surface of the body.

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekΜάγνης (Mágnēs)
  2. Ancient Greekμᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)
  3. Old Frenchmagnete
  4. Ancient Greekμᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)
  5. Latinmagnēs
  6. Middle Englishmagnete
  7. Englishmagnet
  8. Englishmagnet-
  9. Englishmagneto-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*treb-der.?
  11. Ancient Greekθερᾰ́πων (therắpōn)
  12. Ancient Greekθεραπεύω (therapeúō)
  13. Ancient Greekθεραπεία (therapeía)
  14. New Latintherapīa
  15. Englishtherapy
  16. Englishmagnetotherapy

From magneto- + therapy.

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APA

magnetotherapy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magnetotherapy

MLA

“magnetotherapy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magnetotherapy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “magnetotherapy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magnetotherapy.

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