balneology - CISMeF

Preferred Label : balneology;

MeSH definition : Therapy by various hot or warm baths in natural mineral waters, spas, or cures. It includes not only bathing in, but also drinking the waters, but it does not include whirlpool baths (HYDROTHERAPY).;

MeSH hyponym : balneotherapy;

MeSH annotation : differentiate from HYDROTHERAPY where emphasis is on plain water (not natural mineral water; see note there); coordinate with MINERAL WATERS as appropriate;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balneotherapy;

Details

Origin ID

D001452;

UMLS CUI

C0004710;

Allowable qualifiers
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- education [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
Metaterm(s)
- thermal medicine [CISMeF Metaterm]
Record concept(s)
- balneology [MeSH concept]
- balneotherapy [MeSH concept]
See also
- Aquatic Therapy [MeSH Descriptor]
- health resorts [MeSH Descriptor]
- mineral waters [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- climatotherapy [MeSH Descriptor]
- hydrotherapy [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]

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