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speleotherapy

speleotherapy noun: the use of the microclimate of salt caves and mines for the treatment of asthma.

speleotherapy: the use of the microclimate of salt caves and mines for the treatment of asthma
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Noun

speleotherapy (uncountable)

  1. The use of the microclimate of salt caves and mines for the treatment of asthma.
    • The beneficial effect of salt (speleotherapy) was reported by the Polish doctor F. Bochkowsky in 1843. Speleotherapy is based on the in-patient treatment in salt caves possessing a specific microclimate.2017, Helga Stan-Lotter, Sergiu Fendrihan, editors, Adaption of Microbial Life to Environmental Extremes, Springer, →ISBN, page 220

Origin of speleotherapy

From speleo- + therapy.

Questions about speleotherapy

What does speleotherapy mean?
Speleotherapy means the use of the microclimate of salt caves and mines for the treatment of asthma.
What part of speech is speleotherapy?
Speleotherapy is a noun.

Words near speleotherapy in the dictionary

  1. speleonectids
  2. speleophilic
  3. speleothem
  4. speleothemic
  5. speleothems
  6. speleotherapy
  7. speleotherm
  8. speleotherms
  9. spelican
  10. spelicans
  11. spelk

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