Hydropathy

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hydropathy \Hy*drop"a*thy\, n. [Hydro-, 1 + Gr. ?, ?, to
     suffer.]
     The water cure; a mode of treating diseases by the copious
     and frequent use of pure water, both internally and
     externally.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hydropathy
       n : the internal and external use of water in the treatment of
           disease [syn: {hydrotherapy}]