hy·drop·a·thy
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| the curing of disease by the internal and external use of water. |
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hy·drop·a·thist, hy·dro·path, noun
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Hydropathy
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| hy·drop·a·thy
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n. pl. hy·drop·a·thies Internal and external use of water as a therapeutic treatment for all forms of disease. hy'dro·path'ic (hī'drə-pāth'ĭk), hy'dro·path'i·cal adj., hy·drop'a·thist, hy'dro·path' n. |
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| hydropathy | |
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| the internal and external use of water in the treatment of disease |
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Main Entry: hy·drop·a·thy
Pronunciation: hI-'dräp-&-thE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -thies
: amethod of treating disease by copious and frequent use of water both externally and internally —compare HYDROTHERAPY —hy·dro·path·ic /"hI-dr&-'path-ik/ adjective —hy·dro·path·i·cal·ly /-i-k(&-)lE/ adverb
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Hydropathy
Hy*drop"a*thy\, n. [Hydro-, 1 + Gr. ?, ?, to suffer.] The water cure; a mode of treating diseases by the copious and frequent use of pure water, both internally and externally.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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