chromotherapy

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noun

A form of alternative medicine involving the therapeutic use of color and light.

Similar
colorologycolourology
OriginEnglish therapy ← New Latin therapīa ← Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía) →
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Meanings

nounchromotherapy (usually uncountable, plural chromotherapies)

plural chromotherapies

  1. uncountableusuallyalternative medicineA form of alternative medicine involving the therapeutic use of color and light.

    Synonyms: colorology, colourology

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA form of alternative medicine involving the therapeutic use of color and light.

Similar
colorologycolourology

Origin

  1. Proto-Hellenic*kʰrṓwmə
  2. Ancient Greekχρῶμᾰ (khrômă)
  3. Englishchromo-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*treb-der.?
  5. Ancient Greekθερᾰ́πων (therắpōn)
  6. Ancient Greekθεραπεύω (therapeúō)
  7. Ancient Greekθεραπεία (therapeía)
  8. New Latintherapīa
  9. Englishtherapy
  10. Englishchromotherapy

From chromo- + therapy.

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Translations

Italian cromoterapia
  • cromoterapiaform of alternative medicine
Portuguese cromoterapia
  • cromoterapiaform of alternative medicine
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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