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Webster 1913 Edition

Metallotherapy

Me-talˊlo-ther′a-py

,

Noun.

[L.

metallum

metal + E.

therapy

.]

(Med.)

Treatment of disease by applying metallic plates to the surface of the body.

Definition 2024

metallotherapy

metallotherapy

English

Noun

metallotherapy ‎(uncountable)

(medicine, historical) A former supposed treatment of disease by applying metal plates to the surface of the body.

Synonyms

metalloscopy