Speleotherapy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The use of the microclimate of salt caves and mines for the treatment of asthma. uncountable

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From speleo- + therapy.

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