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noun
A treatment for asthma that involves the softening of the walls of the airways (especially the bronchus) by the application of heat
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
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Antonyms: none provided
History
From thermo- + -plasty.
