Additionally, the term electrotherapy or electromagnetic therapy has also been applied to a range of alternative medical devices and treatments. It has not been found to be effective in increasing bone healing.
The adjective form of belligerent means hostile, or inclined to fight. It can also apply to a group (e.g. belligerent nation) involved in a war. The noun belligerent is from the second definition: it is a group, or especially a country, that is actively fighting in a war.
One that is hostile or aggressive, especially one that is engaged in war. [Latin belligerÄns, belligerant-, present participle of belligerÄre, to wage war, from belliger, warlike : bellum, war + gerere, to make.] belÂ·ligâ²erÂ·entÂ·ly adv. Synonyms: belligerent, bellicose, pugnacious, combative. These adjectives mean having or showing an eagerness to fight. Belligerent refers to a tendency to hostile behavior: A belligerent reporter badgered the politician. (Garry Wills). Pugnacious suggests a natural disposition to fight: A good litigator needs a pugnacious intellect.