anatripsology

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The study or application of friction or rubbing as a remedy.

Word forms

anatripsology

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian anatripsologia, coined by Valeriano Luigi Brera in 1799, from Ancient Greek ἀνάτριψις (anátripsis, “rubbing”) + -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā).

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