Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The science of baths or bathing, especially the study of the therapeutic use of thermal baths.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A treatise on baths or bathing; the use of baths and bathing as a department of therapeutics.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A treatise on baths; the science of bathing.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The study of baths and bathing, especially therapeutic bathing.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin balneum, bath; see bagnio + –logy.]

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Examples

  • Where we add substances to an electric bath with a view of producing some special action on the skin, we may be guided by the same principles that govern ordinary balneology.

    The Electric Bath George M. Schweig

  • "Ground source heat in Serbia is most typically used for greenhouse space heating or balneology but could also be efficiently integrated into centralised heating systems and industrial processes," he explained.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Most of them are elderly people coming for balneology treatment, for which they pay EUR 290 on top of the main package of EUR 1 000, said the Manager of Kur-Club, Krasimira Georgieva, as quoted by BGNES.

    Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) 2010

  • I. I.DI.ATI.NS FOR BALNEOTHERAPY: Over the several hundred years during which the science of medical balneology has developed, physicians have been able to identify the health conditions that can best be treated by healing springs.

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  • Amneville Casino is a stunning venue located in a unique city that offers the world largest indoor ski slope, golf, auditorium, balneology/spa treatments and cinemas (

    All articles at Blogcritics 2010

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  • The study of baths and bathing.

    March 6, 2007