"scototherapy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: scototherapies [plural]
Etymology: From scoto- + therapy. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|scoto|therapy}} scoto- + therapy Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} scototherapy (usually uncountable, plural scototherapies)
  1. Therapeutic use of darkness, once proposed to treat malaria and more recently to treat sleep disorders and depression. Tags: uncountable, usually
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