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chro·no·ther·a·py | \ ˌkrä-nō-ˈther-ə-pē 
, ˌkrō- \
, ˌkrō- \Definition of chronotherapy
1 : treatment of a sleep disorder (such as insomnia) by changing sleeping and waking times in an attempt to reset the patient's biological clock
2 or chronotherapeutics \ ˌkrä-nə-ˌther-ə-ˈpyü-tiks , ˌkrō- \ : the administration of medication or treatment in coordination with the body's circadian rhythms to maximize effectiveness and minimize side effects
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chronotherapy
nounchro·no·ther·a·py | \ ˌkrän-ə-ˈther-ə-pē, ˌkrō-nə- \
\ plural chronotherapies
Medical Definition of chronotherapy
1 : treatment of a sleep disorder (as insomnia) by changing sleeping and waking times in an attempt to reset the patient's biological clock
A nondrug treatment called chronotherapy can be used to "re-set" the body clock.— Tara Parker-Pope, The Wall Street Journal, 21 Mar. 2006
2 or chronotherapeutics \ -ˌther-ə-ˈpyüt-iks \ : the administration of medication or treatment in coordination with the body's circadian rhythms to maximize effectiveness and minimize side effects
Chronotherapy is the relatively new practice of timed treatment. — The Daily News of Los Angeles, 29 Sept. 1997
\ : the administration of medication or treatment in coordination with the body's circadian rhythms to maximize effectiveness and minimize side effects
Chronotherapy is the relatively new practice of timed treatment. — The Daily News of Los Angeles, 29 Sept. 1997 — called also chronotherapeutics
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The first known use of chronotherapy was in 1973
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