phototherapeutically

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

phototherapeutic +‎ -ally

Adverb[edit]

phototherapeutically (not comparable)

  1. In a phototherapeutic way.
    • 1902 September 20, Milton Franklin, “Phototherapeutic apparatus”, in The Medical News[1], volume 81, page 539:
      The finest specimens of optical glass have been tried, but when examined spectroscopically they not only showed an enormous absorption in all regions except the yellow, but also evinced phototherapeutically an unmistakable inefficiency, even with the employment of the largest arcs of as high a capacity as 100 ampères.
    • 1908, Ernst Kromayer, “Further experience with the white and blue light of the quartz lamp”, in Journal of Cutaneous Diseases Including Syphilis[2], volume 26, page 261:
      It is possible to treat with these the mucosa of the urethra, of the mouth, throat, nose, and most probably of the urinary bladder and the larynx phototherapeutically.
    • 2013, Firmino F. Rubaltelli, Neonatal Jaundice: New Trends in Phototherapy[3], page 222:
      At higher irradiancies however these positions are reversed; that is, the relative amount of phototherapeutically eliminated bilirubin is greater.