balneophototherapy

noun

Combined balneotherapy and phototherapy.

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Meanings

nounbalneophototherapy (uncountable)
  1. uncountableCombined 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 2015, →DOI

Origin

From balneo- + phototherapy.

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