CHRYSOTHERAPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chrysotherapy mean? 

• CHRYSOTHERAPY (noun)
  The noun CHRYSOTHERAPY has 1 sense:

1. the use of chemicals containing gold for treating diseases (such as rheumatoid arthritis)

  Familiarity information: CHRYSOTHERAPY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHRYSOTHERAPY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The use of chemicals containing gold for treating diseases (such as rheumatoid arthritis)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("chrysotherapy" is a kind of...):

chemotherapy (the use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness))

 Context examples 

Also called chrysotherapy and gold therapy.

(Aurotherapy, NCI Dictionary)

Also called aurotherapy and chrysotherapy.

(Gold therapy, NCI Dictionary)