heliotherapy
noun[U]
medicalspecializeduk/ˌhiː.li.əʊˈθer.ə.pi/us/ˌhiː.li.oʊˈθer.ə.pi/the use oflightfrom thesuntotreatmedicalconditions:
日光疗法Heliotherapy was used in thetreatmentoftuberculosis.日光疗法曾用于治疗结核病。
See also
light therapy
phototherapy
- Thechildrenin thephotographwere recievingnaturalutraviolettreatmentfrom thehotsun, atreatmentcalled heliotherapy.
- Heliotherapy canhelpclearup theskinconditionpsoriasis.
- People withtuberculosisweretreatedinhealthresortsthatspecializedin heliotherapy.
- Heliotherapy (suntherapy) was also used totreatrickets,burns,varicoseulcers, osteomyelitis,septicabscesses,anaemiaandfractures.
Medical treatment: general words
- allopathic
- biosurgery
- co-administration
- detoxify
- elective
- medically
- modality
- muti
- nasal spray
- non-clinical
- orthopaedic
- pathway
- prehabilitation
- primary care
- radical
- radically
- reconstructive
- social prescribing
- soothing
- surgical