speleotherapy en · NOUN
Etymology
From speleo- + therapy.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The use of the microclimate of salt caves and mines for the treatment of asthma.
The beneficial effect of salt (speleotherapy) was reported by the Polish doctor F. Bochkowsky in 1843. Speleotherapy is based on the in-patient treatment in salt caves possessing a specific microclimate.
2017, Helga Stan-Lotter, Sergiu Fendrihan, editors, Adaption of Microbial Life to Environmental Extremes, Springer, →ISBN, page 220:
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hy անձավաբուժություն (the use of the microclimate of salt caves and mines for the treatment of asthma) · ru спелеотерапия (the use of the microclimate of salt caves and mines for the treatment of asthma) · ru спелеолечение (the use of the microclimate of salt caves and mines for the treatment of asthma)