1-Stop Dictionary Reference

Hydrotherapy

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. External use of water in the medical treatment of certain diseases.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Any of various techniques that use water, either externally or internally, for the treatment of disease and for the soothing of pain

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. See hydropathy.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Same as hydrotherapeutics.

Same as hydrotherapeutic.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the internal and external use of water in the treatment of disease

Word Usage

"Naturopathic medicine is sometimes applied in the treatment of tuberculosis, since the founder of naturopathy, Dr. Benedict Lust, reportedly cured himself of tuberculosis by using hydrotherapy, which is one element of naturopathy see pp."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

treatment intervention

Variant

hydropathy

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

chemotherapy immunotherapy psychotherapy therapy

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

handor open-heart couples' laver aromatherapy gently theforeign fingertip abuelo splashy