"chromotherapy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chromotherapies [plural]
Etymology: chromo- + therapy Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|chromo|therapy}} chromo- + therapy Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} chromotherapy (usually uncountable, plural chromotherapies)
  1. (alternative medicine) A form of alternative medicine involving the therapeutic use of colour and light. Wikipedia link: chromotherapy Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Alternative medicine, Pseudoscience Synonyms: colorology, colourology Hyponyms: colorpuncture, colourpuncture Translations (form of alternative medicine): cromoterapia [feminine] (Italian)

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