hydriatricadj.
/hʌɪdrɪˈatrɪk/ rare.
Of or pertaining to the water-cure; hydropathic.
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the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > [adjective] > hydrotherapeutics
hydriatric1843
hydropathic1843
hydropathical1844
balneological1879
hydrotherapeutic1885
hydrotherapic1894
balneotherapeutic1906
1843 T. J. Graham Cold-water Syst. (ed. 2) Contents xvii Hydriatic measures ought not to be pushed too far.
1843 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 271/2 The hydriatic method of treatment.
Derivatives
hyˈdriatrist n. a hydropathist.
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the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > advocating specific treatments > water treatment
water doctor1736
steam-doctor1830
water-curer1840
hydropath1842
hydriatrist1843
hydropathist1847
balneologist1872
1843 E. S. Abdy tr. R. von Falkenstein Water Cure (ed. 2) 157 Hahn..and his two sons were zealous hydriatists.
hyˈdriatry n. hydropathy.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments using water > [noun]
water treatment1832
water cure1834
water curing1842
hydropathy1843
hydrotherapy1876
hydriatry1886
1886 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Hydriatric..Hydriatry, same as Hydrotherapy.
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