balneotherapy

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noun

The treatment of disease by bathing.

OriginLatin balneum →
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Meanings

nounbalneotherapy (usually uncountable, plural balneotherapies)

plural balneotherapies

  1. uncountableusuallyThe treatment of disease by bathing.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
water cure

Origin

  1. Latinbalneum“bath”
  2. Englishbalneotherapy

From Latin balneum (“bath”) + therapy.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 浴療法 /浴疗法
  • 浴療法 /浴疗法 (yùliáofǎ)treatment of disease by bathing
French balnéothérapie
  • balnéothérapietreatment of disease by bathing
German Balneotherapie
  • Balneotherapietreatment of disease by bathing
Hungarian balneoterápia
  • balneoterápiatreatment of disease by bathing
Indonesian balneoterapi
  • balneoterapitreatment of disease by bathing
Polish balneoterapia
  • balneoterapiatreatment of disease by bathing
Russian бальнеолече́ние, бальнеотерапи́я
  • бальнеолече́ние (balʹneolečénije)treatment of disease by bathing
  • бальнеотерапи́я (balʹneotɛrapíja)treatment of disease by bathing
Swedish balneoterapi
  • balneoterapitreatment of disease by bathing
Cite this entry
APA

balneotherapy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balneotherapy

MLA

“balneotherapy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balneotherapy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “balneotherapy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balneotherapy.

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