scototherapy

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noun

Therapeutic use of darkness, once proposed to treat malaria and more recently to treat sleep disorders and depression.

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Meanings

nounscototherapy (usually uncountable, plural scototherapies)

plural scototherapies

  1. uncountableusuallyTherapeutic use of darkness, once proposed to treat malaria and more recently to treat sleep disorders and depression.

Origin

From scoto- + therapy.

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APA

scototherapy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scototherapy

MLA

“scototherapy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scototherapy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scototherapy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scototherapy.

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