iontophoresis
/aɪˌɑntoʊfəˈriːsɪs/
noun
- A medical treatment that uses a mild electrical current to push medicine through the skin into the body.
- Iontophoresis can help treat excessive sweating by passing a mild current through the skin.
- Doctors sometimes use iontophoresis to deliver anti-inflammatory drugs directly to a sore joint.
- The physical therapist applied iontophoresis to reduce swelling in the patient's knee.