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hydropathy

[ hahy-drop-uh-thee ]

noun

  1. the curing of disease by the internal and external use of water.


hydropathy

/ haɪˈdrɒpəθɪ; ˌhaɪdrəʊˈpæθɪk /

noun

  1. a pseudoscientific method of treating disease by the use of large quantities of water both internally and externally Also calledwater cure Compare hydrotherapy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • hydropathic, adjective
  • ˈDZ貹ٳ󾱲, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ··貹ٳ· [hahy-dr, uh, -, path, -ik], d·貹ٳi· adjective
  • ·DZa·ٳ󾱲 d·貹ٳ noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of hydropathy1

First recorded in 1835–45; hydro- 1 + -pathy
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Example Sentences

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I try to find the "warm swimming baths" that the guide promises me - Matlock was known as the home of hydropathy - but Hartwell explains that today they've been transformed into an aquarium.

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These societal assumptions could not help but influence perceptions about irregular health systems, particularly those like hydropathy and homeopathy where women took active leadership roles.

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A hypochondriac, he was daffy about fashionable fads such as hydropathy.

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Dr. Warren seems to favor the practice of hydropathy to some extent, but must needs bear his testimony in full against homœopathy.

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Spencer's nerve-centres, which could never endure prolonged attention, showed the usual symptoms of over-fatigue; and though he tried morphia and skating, hydropathy and rackets, he had to give up work early in 1868.

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