hydropathy
the curing of disease by the internal and external use of water.
Origin of hydropathy
1Other words from hydropathy
- hy·dro·path·ic [hahy-druh-path-ik], /ˌhaɪ drəˈpæθ ɪk/, hy·dro·path·i·cal, adjective
- hy·drop·a·thist, hy·dro·path, noun
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How to use hydropathy in a sentence
This active physician is zealously devoted to the propagation of hydropathy.
Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages | William Andrus AlcottThis library comprises most of the important works on the subject of hydropathy.
Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages | William Andrus AlcottThis is the most comprehensive and popular work on hydropathy, with nearly one thousand pages.
Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages | William Andrus AlcottLansing Harold had no intention of trying hydropathy, unless the wide view of the river from all his windows could be called that.
East Angels | Constance Fenimore WoolsonI therefore turned the conversation upon hydropathy, and introduced a quotation from Pindar: , etc.
British Dictionary definitions for hydropathy
/ (haɪˈdrɒpəθɪ) /
a pseudoscientific method of treating disease by the use of large quantities of water both internally and externally: Also called: water cure Compare hydrotherapy
Derived forms of hydropathy
- hydropathic (ˌhaɪdrəʊˈpæθɪk) or hydropathical, adjective
- hydropathist or hydropath, noun
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