Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The therapeutic use of thermal baths.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The treatment of disease by baths; water-cure.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The treatment of disease by baths.
Etymologies
- Latin balneum, "bath", and therapy. (Wiktionary)
- Latin balneum, bath; see bagnio + therapy. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The radium tablets are officially guaranteed and the bath salts are the result of many years study in balneotherapy and hydrotherapy, and have demonstrated their effectiveness by the wonderful results that have been obtained during the last thirty years.”
Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration
“We have asked the players to try to have an eight or nine-hour sleep for the next two nights and the days will be devoted to balneotherapy, massages and stretching.”
“If you're into music, you might try balneotherapy while you're at the lodge's spa.”
“Therefore, there are some suggestions that the science of rheumatology has been developed in balneotherapy.”
“In recent years, balneotherapy has served as one of the therapeutic alternatives in other rheumatoid diseases, particularly in chronic degenerative diseases.”
“Initially, the term \ "balneotherapy\" was used to discriminate thermal and mineral water therapy from hydrotherapy, but today these terms are often used interchangeably.”
“La Source spa facilities at Shanti Ananada include 2 saunas, 2 hammams, Ayurvedic treatment room, Aqua treatments (balneotherapy and affusion shower), Shiatsu, traditional massages and beauty treatments.”
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