heliotherapy

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noun

Any medical therapy by exposure to light.

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insolation
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Meanings

nounheliotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural heliotherapies)

plural heliotherapies

  1. countableuncountableAny medical therapy by exposure to light.

Synonyms & antonyms

nountherapeutic exposure to sunlight

Similar
insolation
Broader
therapytreatment
Also see
insolation

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From helio- + therapy.

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Translations

Catalan helioteràpia
  • helioteràpiatherapy
Finnish valohoito
  • valohoitotherapy
French héliothérapie
  • héliothérapietherapy
German Sonnenbad, Lichtbad
  • Sonnenbadtherapy
  • Lichtbadtherapy
  • Heliotherapietherapy
Greek ηλιοθεραπεία
  • ηλιοθεραπεία (iliotherapeía)therapy
Indonesian aktinoterapi
  • aktinoterapitherapy
Italian elioterapia
  • elioterapiatherapy
Polish helioterapia, aktynoterapia
  • helioterapiatherapy
  • aktynoterapiatherapy
  • światłolecznictwotherapy
Portuguese helioterapia
  • helioterapiatherapy
Romanian helioterapie
  • helioterapietherapy
Russian гелиотерапи́я
  • гелиотерапи́я (gelioterapíja)therapy
Spanish helioterapia
  • helioterapiatherapy
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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