oscilloclast

English

Etymology

From oscillo- +‎ -clast.

Noun

oscilloclast (plural oscilloclasts)

1. (pseudoscience, historical) A device that was supposed to diagnose cancer from tissue samples.
   • 1924, The Lancet, page 178:

     That is to say, that the ailing human body would receive more vibration and a greater quantity of electricity from the work of a competent masseur using one hand than it would from a whole battery of oscilloclasts.

Related terms

• radioclast