Also known as: DIA., DIA+
DIA has various meanings in the Health category. Discover the full forms, definitions, and usage contexts of DIA in Health.
A disease characterized by the overproduction of glucose by the liver and its underutilization by other organs. Type I diabetes is due to an insufficiency of insulin production, whereas type II is due to the inability of insulin receptors to respond to the hormone.
HealthDiathermy is electrically induced heat or the use of high-frequency electromagnetic currents as a form of physical or occupational therapy and in surgical procedures. The field was pioneered in 1907 by German physician Karl Franz Nagelschmidt, who coined the term diathermy from the Greek words dia and θέρμη therma, literally meaning heating through.
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