balneophototherapy en · NOUN
Etymology
From balneo- + phototherapy.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Combined balneotherapy and phototherapy.
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.
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