Definition of hydropathy in English:

hydropathy

noun hʌɪˈdrɒpəθihaɪˈdrɑpəθi

mass noun

The treatment of illness through the use of water, either internally or through external means such as steam baths (not now a part of orthodox medicine).
Compare with hydrotherapy
Example sentencesExamples
- He turned to hydropathy, a Victorian medical fashion in which a patient is given cold showers, steam baths, and wrappings in wet sheets.
- It jumped from a small local spa to a national one in the middle of the 19th cent. with the popularity of hydropathy.
- She was a single mother, and she was exploring all sorts of homeopathy, hydropathy, all those things that people did in those days to try to get well.

Derivatives

hydropathic

adjective hʌɪdrəˈpaθɪkˌhaɪdrəˈpæθɪk

In the 19th century this pudding seems to have been known as ‘hydropathic pudding’ because it was served at health resorts where pastry was forbidden.
Example sentencesExamples
- He subjected himself uncritically to nonsensical and unpleasant hydropathic ‘cures’.
- She continued her medical lectures and began offering her own hydropathic treatments.
- He went off to a hydropathic centre, but by May his health appeared to be on the verge of serious breakdown.

hydropathist

noun

We emerge, spluttering and gasping from a genuine cold salt-water bath, such as the hydropathists have no idea of.
Example sentencesExamples
- She wrote her medical thesis on the preventive approaches she had learned from hydropathists.
- The practices of the early Hygienists were a composite mixture of hygiene and hydropathy, while most of the practitioners were designated as hydropathists.
- Above all, the hydropathists reminded us of the inseparable relationship that exists between good health and pure water.
- Other alternatives included herbalist doctors, who only used plants and plant extracts in their treatments, and hydropathists, who promoted water cures.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from hydro- 'of water', on the pattern of allopathy and homeopathy.

Definition of hydropathy in US English:

hydropathy

nounhīˈdräpəTHēhaɪˈdrɑpəθi

The treatment of illness through the use of water, either internally or through external means such as steam baths (not now a part of orthodox medicine).
Compare with hydrotherapy
Example sentencesExamples
- She was a single mother, and she was exploring all sorts of homeopathy, hydropathy, all those things that people did in those days to try to get well.
- It jumped from a small local spa to a national one in the middle of the 19th cent. with the popularity of hydropathy.
- He turned to hydropathy, a Victorian medical fashion in which a patient is given cold showers, steam baths, and wrappings in wet sheets.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from hydro- ‘of water’, on the pattern of allopathy and homeopathy.

单词	hydropathy
释义	Definition of hydropathy in English: hydropathy noun hʌɪˈdrɒpəθihaɪˈdrɑpəθi mass noun The treatment of illness through the use of water, either internally or through external means such as steam baths (not now a part of orthodox medicine). Compare with hydrotherapy Example sentencesExamples He turned to hydropathy, a Victorian medical fashion in which a patient is given cold showers, steam baths, and wrappings in wet sheets. It jumped from a small local spa to a national one in the middle of the 19th cent. with the popularity of hydropathy. She was a single mother, and she was exploring all sorts of homeopathy, hydropathy, all those things that people did in those days to try to get well. Derivatives hydropathic adjective hʌɪdrəˈpaθɪkˌhaɪdrəˈpæθɪk In the 19th century this pudding seems to have been known as ‘hydropathic pudding’ because it was served at health resorts where pastry was forbidden. Example sentencesExamples He subjected himself uncritically to nonsensical and unpleasant hydropathic ‘cures’. She continued her medical lectures and began offering her own hydropathic treatments. He went off to a hydropathic centre, but by May his health appeared to be on the verge of serious breakdown. hydropathist noun We emerge, spluttering and gasping from a genuine cold salt-water bath, such as the hydropathists have no idea of. Example sentencesExamples She wrote her medical thesis on the preventive approaches she had learned from hydropathists. The practices of the early Hygienists were a composite mixture of hygiene and hydropathy, while most of the practitioners were designated as hydropathists. Above all, the hydropathists reminded us of the inseparable relationship that exists between good health and pure water. Other alternatives included herbalist doctors, who only used plants and plant extracts in their treatments, and hydropathists, who promoted water cures. Origin Mid 19th century: from hydro- 'of water', on the pattern of allopathy and homeopathy. Definition of hydropathy in US English: hydropathy nounhīˈdräpəTHēhaɪˈdrɑpəθi The treatment of illness through the use of water, either internally or through external means such as steam baths (not now a part of orthodox medicine). Compare with hydrotherapy Example sentencesExamples She was a single mother, and she was exploring all sorts of homeopathy, hydropathy, all those things that people did in those days to try to get well. It jumped from a small local spa to a national one in the middle of the 19th cent. with the popularity of hydropathy. He turned to hydropathy, a Victorian medical fashion in which a patient is given cold showers, steam baths, and wrappings in wet sheets. Origin Mid 19th century: from hydro- ‘of water’, on the pattern of allopathy and homeopathy.
随便看	mutageneses mutagenesis mutagenesis mutagenic mutagenic mutagenically mutagenicity mutagenicity mutagenise mutagenize mutagenized mutagenized mutagenized mutal mutant mutants Mutare mutarotate mutarotating mutarotation mutarotational mutasaddi mutasarrif mutascope mutase