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Hydropathy — Hy*drop a*thy, n. [Hydro , 1 + Gr. ?, ?, to suffer.] The water cure; a mode of treating diseases by the copious and frequent use of pure water, both internally and externally. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hydropathy — ► NOUN ▪ the treatment of illness through the use of water, either internally or externally. DERIVATIVES hydropathic adjective hydropathist noun … English terms dictionary
hydropathy — [hī dräp′ə thē] n. [ HYDRO + PATHY] a method of treatment that attempts to cure all diseases by the use of water, including consumption of mineral water and hydrotherapy hydropathic [hī΄drə path′ik] adj. hydropathist n … English World dictionary
hydropathy — hydropathic /huy dreuh path ik/, hydropathical, adj. hydropathist, hydropath, n. /huy drop euh thee/, n. the curing of disease by the internal and external use of water. [1835 45; HYDRO 1 + PATHY] * * * ▪ medicine therapeutic system that… … Universalium
Hydropathy index — The hydropathy index of an amino acid is a number representing the hydrophobic or hydrophilic properties of its side chain. It was proposed in 1982 by Jack Kyte and Russell F. Doolittle. [] The larger the number is, the more hydrophobic the amino … Wikipedia
hydropathy plot — Approximate way of deducing the higher order structure of a protein, based on the principle that 20 30 consistently hydrophobic residues are necessary to make a membrane spanning a helix. For each amino acid residue, a weighted average of the… … Dictionary of molecular biology
hydropathy — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1843 a method of treating disease by copious and frequent use of water both externally and internally compare hydrotherapy • hydropathic adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
hydropathy — The obsolete use of water to treat and cure disease. * * * hy·drop·a·thy hī dräp ə thē n, pl thies a method of treating disease by copious and frequent use of water both externally and internally compare HYDROTHERAPY hy·dro·path·ic … Medical dictionary
hydropathy — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. physiotherapy, water treatment, cure; see therapy , treatment 2 … English dictionary for students
hydropathy — study of treating diseases with water Sciences and Studies … Phrontistery dictionary
