balneophototherapy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

balneo- +‎ phototherapy

Noun[edit]

balneophototherapy (uncountable)

  1. Combined balneotherapy and phototherapy.
    • 2015 July 15, Allison L. Goddard, Peter A. Lio, “Alternative, Complementary, and Forgotten Remedies for Atopic Dermatitis”, in Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : eCAM[1], volume 2015, →DOI:
      A prospective randomized study of 180 AD patients examined balneophototherapy, which involved bathing in a 10% Dead Sea salt solution plus narrow band ultraviolet B (UVB) light, compared to standard narrow band UVB phototherapy alone.