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LIMOTHERAPY

\lˈɪmə͡ʊθˌɛɹəpi], \lˈɪmə‍ʊθˌɛɹəpi], \l_ˈɪ_m_əʊ_θ_ˌɛ_ɹ_ə_p_i]\

Definitions of LIMOTHERAPY

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Science of curing a disease by denying food to a patient.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

[Greek] A method of curing diseases by reducing the amount of food taken, as in Tufnellâ€™s treatment of aneurysm.

1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
By Alexander Duane

Treatment by fasting; starvation cure.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The treatment of disease by abstinence from food. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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