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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The treatment of a disorder, especially of the skin, by exposure to light, including ultraviolet and infrared radiation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Treatment of disease by rays derived from the sun or an electric lamp; Finsen treatment; light treatment. It is really a form of radiotherapy, for the rays employed are the non-luminous ultra-violet rays and not those of light.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) The application of light for therapeutic purposes, esp. for treating diseases of the skin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The use of
light to treatdisorders of theskin , and certain mood disorders.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the use of strong light to treat acne or hyperbilirubinemia of the newborn
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UV light therapy, also known as phototherapy, exposes the skin to specific wavelengths of ultraviolet light.
Psoriasis Guru » Blog Archive » UV Light – UVA and UVB Phototherapy 2009
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And phototherapy, which is those ultraviolet purple lights, can break down the bilirubin until the baby's liver can catch up.
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Bright light treatment BLT, also known as phototherapy, is a daily therapy consisting of spending at least 30 minutes looking indirectly at a "light box" that contains a specific kind of bright light.
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Bright light treatment BLT, also known as phototherapy, is a daily therapy consisting of spending at least 30 minutes looking indirectly at a "light box" that contains a specific kind of bright light.
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Also called phototherapy, a client sits a few feet from a light therapy box which mimics outdoor light to cause a change in mood.
The Facts: News 2009
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Also called phototherapy, a client sits a few feet from a light therapy box which mimics outdoor light to cause a change in mood.
The Facts: News 2009
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The beneficial effects of light therapy, also known as phototherapy, are comparable to those found in many clinical studies of antidepressant drugs ...
unknown title 2009
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Also called phototherapy, a client sits a few feet from a light therapy box which mimics outdoor light to cause a change in mood.
The Facts: News 2009
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The beneficial effects of light therapy, also known as phototherapy, are comparable to those found in many clinical studies of antidepressant drugs ...
unknown title 2009
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The beneficial effects of light therapy, also known as phototherapy, are comparable to those found in many clinical studies of antidepressant drugs ...
unknown title 2009
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