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heliotherapy

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any medical therapy by exposure to light.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

therapeutic exposure to sunlight

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: insolation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: therapy

History

Etymology

From helio- + therapy.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: helioteràpia — therapy
  • Finnish: valohoito — therapy
  • French: héliothérapie — therapy
  • Friulian: elioterapie — therapy
  • German: Sonnenbad — therapy
  • German: Lichtbad — therapy
  • German: Heliotherapie — therapy
  • Greek: ηλιοθεραπεία (iliotherapeía) — therapy
  • Indonesian: aktinoterapi — therapy
  • Italian: elioterapia — therapy
  • Polish: helioterapia — therapy
  • Polish: aktynoterapia — therapy
  • Polish: światłolecznictwo — therapy
  • Portuguese: helioterapia — therapy
  • Romanian: helioterapie — therapy
  • Russian: гелиотерапи́я (gelioterapíja) — therapy
  • Spanish: helioterapia — therapy