phototherapeutics

[foh-tuh-ther-uh-pyoo-tiks]

noun (used with a singular verb)

the branch of therapeutics that deals with the curative use of light rays.

Origin of phototherapeutics

First recorded in 1900–05; photo- + therapeutics

Related formspho·to·ther·a·peu·tic, adjective

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