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scototherapy

scototherapy noun: therapeutic use of darkness, once proposed to treat malaria and more recently to treat sleep disorders and depression.

Noun

scototherapy (usually uncountable, plural scototherapies)

  1. (usually) Therapeutic use of darkness, once proposed to treat malaria and more recently to treat sleep disorders and depression.

scototherapy meaning in Tamil

scototherapy in Tamil

கன்று கழிச்சல், கன்று பேதி

Forms of scototherapy

pluralscototherapies

Origin of scototherapy

From scoto- + therapy.

Questions about scototherapy

What does scototherapy mean?
Scototherapy means therapeutic use of darkness, once proposed to treat malaria and more recently to treat sleep disorders and depression.
What is scototherapy in Tamil?
Scototherapy in Tamil is கன்று கழிச்சல், கன்று பேதி. See Scototherapy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is scototherapy?
Scototherapy is a noun.
What is the plural of scototherapy?
The plural of scototherapy is scototherapies.

Words near scototherapy in the dictionary

  1. scotoscopes
  2. scotosis
  3. scototactic
  4. scototaxes
  5. scototaxis
  6. scototherapy
  7. scots
  8. Scots acre
  9. Scots acres
  10. Scots broom
  11. Scots elm

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scototherapy (page history and authors); scototherapy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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