Hydrotherapy

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  • noun. The use of water to treat pain and the symptoms of disease, as in the use of compresses, baths, and whirlpools.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Same as hydrotherapeutics.
  • Same as hydrotherapeutic.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. See hydropathy.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any of various techniques that use water, either externally or internally, for the treatment of disease and for the soothing of pain
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the internal and external use of water in the treatment of disease
  • Word Usage
    "Naturopathic medicine is sometimes applied in the treatment of tuberculosis, since the founder of naturopathy, Dr. Benedict Lust, reportedly cured himself of tuberculosis by using hydrotherapy, which is one element of naturopathy see pp."
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