chronotherapy

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noun

Any therapy based on the circadian rhythm or other cyclical schedule.

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

nounchronotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural chronotherapies)

plural chronotherapies

  1. countableuncountableAny therapy based on the circadian rhythm or other cyclical schedule.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekχρόνος (khrónos)
  2. Englishchrono-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*treb-der.?
  4. Ancient Greekθερᾰ́πων (therắpōn)
  5. Ancient Greekθεραπεύω (therapeúō)
  6. Ancient Greekθεραπεία (therapeía)
  7. New Latintherapīa
  8. Englishtherapy
  9. Englishchronotherapy

From chrono- + therapy.

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Translations

Portuguese cronoterapia
  • cronoterapiatherapy based on a cyclical schedule
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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