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actinotherapy

noun

Etymology

From actino- + therapy.

  1. derived from θεραπεία
  2. borrowed from therapīa
  3. prefixed as actinotherapy — “actino + therapy”

Definitions

  1. The treatment of disease, especially skin disease, by exposure to ultraviolet light

    The treatment of disease, especially skin disease, by exposure to ultraviolet light; radiotherapy.

    • I shall discuss in the following chapter the underlying principles and indications of actinotherapy in each of the diseases enumerated.
    • The author reports a series of 160 cases of peritoneal and genital tuberculosis in the female, about half of which were treated by actinotherapy and heliotherapy, while the other half were given radiotherapy.
    • Apart from tuberculosis and open wounds, the other main indication found for actinotherapy was rickets.

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