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pelotherapy (s) (noun), pelotherapies (pl)
1. The application of peloids; such as, peat or clay, to all or part of the body as a therapeutic process: When a patient is undergoing pelotherapy, he or she is being treated with the use of mud, sand, or earth; especially, in the treatment of skin diseases, rheumatic disorders, and osteoarthritis.
2. Etymology: from Greek pelos, "mud" + therapeio, "treatment".
A reference to mud bath treatments.
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