Electric Burn:

Terms Related to Electric Burn

• Burn

  Injuries to tissues caused by contact with heat, steam, chemicals (BURNS, CHEMICAL), electricity (BURNS, ELECTRIC), or the like.

• Electric Injury

  Injuries caused by electric currents. The concept excludes electric burns (BURNS, ELECTRIC), but includes accidental electrocution and electric shock.

• Static Electricity

  The branch of physics dealing with electric phenomena not associated with electricity in motion, electric charges at rest, their electric fields, and potentials. (Random House ...

• Accidental Electrocution

  Injuries caused by electric currents. The concept excludes electric burns (BURNS, ELECTRIC), but includes accidental electrocution and electric shock.

• Therapeutic Electric Stimulation

  Application of electric current in treatment without the generation of perceptible heat. It includes electric stimulation of nerves or muscles, passage of current into the ...

• Electric Fish

  Fishes which generate an electric discharge. The voltage of the discharge varies from weak to strong in various groups of fish. The ELECTRIC ORGAN and ...