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eleotherapy
The treatment of diseases by the administration of oils given internally or applied externally; oleotherapy.
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eleo-, elaeo-, elaio-
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therap-, -therapeutic[s], -therapeutically, -therapy, -therapies, -therapist
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The treatment of diseases by the administration of oils given internally or applied externally: The obsolete term, eleotherapy, indicated the use of injecting an oil into the thoracic cavity to avoid a collapse of a pulmonary lobe.
Eleotherapy, a type of medical care that used oil, was particularly interesting to Janet who wanted to study medicine.
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oleo-, ole-, -oleic, ol-
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