heliotherapy

noun

he·lio·ther·a·py | \ -ˈther-ə-pē

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plural heliotherapies

Medical Definition of heliotherapy

: the use of sunlight or of an artificial source of ultraviolet, visible, or infrared radiation for therapeutic purposes

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