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Definition of Balneology
1. n. A treatise on baths; the science of bathing.
Definition of Balneology
1. Noun. The study of baths and bathing, especially therapeutic bathing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Balneology
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Medical Definition of Balneology
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Balneology
Literary usage of Balneology
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Beverages and Their Adulteration: Origin, Composition, Manufacture, Natural by Harvey Washington Wiley (1919)
"balneology.—The use of baths as a remedial agent (balneology) is rapidly assuming
the position of an exact science. When it is possible to get away from the ..."
2. The Mineral Waters of the United States and Their Therapeutic Uses: With an by James King Crook (1899)
"balneology (Lat. balneum, a bath) is the science of baths and bathing, and
balneo-therapeutics, though often used in a wider sense, is properly restricted ..."
3. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (1889)
"A CHAIR OF balneology.—The University of Vienna has admitted balneology as one
of the recognized subjects of instruction, and has made Dr. Ciar, of Graz, ..."
4. Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science by George Woodyatt Hastings, Andrew Edgar, Charles Wager Ryalls, Edwin Pears (1876)
"In their present ignorance of its principles, medical men are apt to regard
balneology as something external to medicine, and to look on the use of mineral ..."
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