balneology

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Where we add substances to an electric bath with a view of producing some special action on the skin, we may be guided by the same principles that govern ordinary balneology.

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  1. noun The science of baths or bathing, especially the study of the therapeutic use of thermal baths.

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  • Where we add substances to an electric bath with a view of producing some special action on the skin, we may be guided by the same principles that govern ordinary balneology. —  The Electric Bath
  • I. I.DI.ATI.NS FOR BALNEOTHERAPY: Over the several hundred years during which the science of medical balneology has developed, physicians have been able to identify the health conditions that can best be treated by healing springs. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
 

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  1. Latin balneum, bath; see bagnio + -logy.

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  1. from Latin balneum, a bath, + Greek -λογία, from λέγειν, speak: see balneum and -ology.
 

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/bælnəˈɑlədʒi/
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