the treatment of disease by exposing the body to sunlight
Word origin
helio- + therapy
heliotherapy in American English
(ˌhiliouˈθerəpi)
noun
treatment of disease by means of sunlight
Word origin
[1885–90; helio- + therapy]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: reactor, scrum, seminar, sensitization, zoom
Examples of 'heliotherapy' in a sentence
heliotherapy
For a solution we may be inspired by our great-grand parents' passion for heliotherapy-or sunshine therapy.