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balneophototherapy

balneophototherapy noun: combined balneotherapy and phototherapy.

Noun

balneophototherapy (uncountable)

  1. Combined balneotherapy and phototherapy.
    • A prospective randomized study of 180 AD patients examined balneophototherapy, which involved bathing in a 10% Dead Sea salt solution plus narrow band ultraviolet B (UVB) light, compared to standard narrow band UVB phototherapy alone.2015 July 15, Allison L. Goddard, Peter A. Lio, “Alternative, Complementary, and Forgotten Remedies for Atopic Dermatitis”, in Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : eCAM, volume...

Origin of balneophototherapy

From balneo- + phototherapy.

Questions about balneophototherapy

What does balneophototherapy mean?
Balneophototherapy means combined balneotherapy and phototherapy.
What part of speech is balneophototherapy?
Balneophototherapy is a noun.

Words near balneophototherapy in the dictionary

  1. balneological
  2. balneologies
  3. balneologist
  4. balneologists
  5. balneology
  6. balneophototherapy
  7. balneotherapeutic
  8. balneotherapeutics
  9. balneotherapia
  10. balneotherapies
  11. balneotherapist

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