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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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