Meanings
nounspeleotherapy (uncountable)
- uncountableThe use of the microclimate of salt caves and mines for the treatment of asthma.
The beneficial effect of salt (speleotherapy) was reported by the Polish doctor F. Bochkowsky in 1843. Speleotherapy is based on the in-patient treatment in salt caves possessing a specific microclimate.
2017, Helga Stan-Lotter, Sergiu Fendrihan, editors, Adaption of Microbial Life to Environmental Extremes, Springer, →ISBN, page 220
Origin
Translations
French spéléothérapie
- spéléothérapiethe use of the microclimate of salt caves and mines for the treatment of asthma
Russian спелеотерапия, спелеолечение
- спелеотерапия (speleoterapija)the use of the microclimate of salt caves and mines for the treatment of asthma
- спелеолечение (speleolečenije)the use of the microclimate of salt caves and mines for the treatment of asthma
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