hydropathy

2 definitions found

hydropathy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hydropathy \Hy*drop"a*thy\, n. [Hydro-, 1 + Gr. ?, ?, to
     suffer.]
     The water cure; a mode of treating diseases by the copious
     and frequent use of pure water, both internally and
     externally.
     [1913 Webster]

hydropathy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hydropathy
      n 1: the internal and external use of water in the treatment of
           disease [syn: hydropathy, hydrotherapy]