English Explanatory Dictionary

Kneippism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The treatment of disease by forms of hydrotherapy, such as walking barefoot in the morning dew, baths, wet compresses, cold affusions, etc.

Word forms

Kneippism

Etymology

From Kneipp + -ism, after Sebastian Kneipp (1821-1897), German priest.

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