hydrotherapeutics

[ hahy-droh-ther-uh-pyoo-tiks ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)

1. hydrotherapy.

hydrotherapeutics

/ ˌhaɪdrəʊˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪks /

noun

1. functioning as singular the branch of medical science concerned with hydrotherapy

Derived Forms

• ˌhydroˌtheraˈpeutic, adjective

Other Words From

• hydro·thera·peutic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hydrotherapeutics¹

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

Example Sentences

In special text-books, whether upon masturbation, or upon hydrotherapeutics, ample information will be found about these matters.

From Project Gutenberg

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

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