hydrotherapeutics

American

[hahy-droh-ther-uh-pyoo-tiks] / ˌhaɪ droʊˌθɛr əˈpju tɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

hydrotherapy.

hydrotherapeutics British

/ ˌhaɪdrəʊˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪks /

noun

(functioning as singular) the branch of medical science concerned with hydrotherapy

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Other Word Forms

hydrotherapeutic

adjective

Etymology

Origin of hydrotherapeutics

First recorded in 1835–45; hydro- ¹ + therapeutics

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hydrotherapeutics

But the remedy no longer healed, and hydrotherapeutics, which had saved Augustus, did not prevent Marullus from dying.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

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