"earth bath" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: earth baths [plural], earthbath [alternative], Earth bath [alternative]
Etymology: Sense 2: Compound of earth + bathing. Widely understood to have been coined Scottish physician James Graham in the late 1780s or early 1790s. * Possibly coined earlier by Gerard van Swieten in 1765 in references to practices found in the Kingdom of Granada (writing "per balneum terrae," Latin for "bath of earth"). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|earth|bathing}} Compound of earth + bathing Head templates: {{en-noun}} earth bath (plural earth baths)
  1. Mud bath Related terms: earth-bathing
    Sense id: en-earth_bath-en-noun-41EUTyl~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 29
  2. (historical) A bath or therapeutic treatment in which the body is buried or immersed in earth, as practiced in James Graham’s 18th-century "earth-bathing" therapy. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-earth_bath-en-noun-4gtF9scu

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