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noun
A form of alternative medicine involving the therapeutic use of color and light.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: alternative-medicine, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: colorology, colourology
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *khrṓwmə Ancient Greek χρῶμᾰ (khrômă) English chromo- Proto-Indo-European *treb-der.? Ancient Greek θερᾰ́πων (therắpōn) Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō) Ancient Greek θεραπεύω (therapeúō) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía)bor. New Latin therapīabor. English therapy English chromotherapy From chromo- + therapy.
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