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Descriptor English: Balneology
Descriptor Spanish: Balneología
Descriptor balneología
Entry term(s) balneoterapia
crenoterapia
Scope note: Terapia por medio de diversos baños calientes o tibios en aguas minerales naturales, balnearios o 'curas'. No sólo comprende el baño, sino también beber las aguas, pero no incluye los baños en piscinas con remolinos de agua (HIDROTERAPIA).
Descriptor Portuguese: Balneologia
Descriptor French: Balnéologie
Entry term(s): Balneotherapy
Crenotherapy
Termalism
Tree number(s): E02.056
HP3.018.091
MT3.465.141
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001452
Scope note: 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).
Annotation: differentiate from HYDROTHERAPY where emphasis is on plain water (not natural mineral water; see note there); coordinate with MINERAL WATERS as appropriate
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Entry Version: BALNEOL
Related: Health Resorts MeSH
Mineral Waters MeSH
DeCS ID: 1474
Unique ID: D001452
NLM Classification: WB 525
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/30
Balneology - Preferred
Concept UI M0002161
Scope note 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).
Preferred term Balneology
Balneotherapy - Narrower
Concept UI M0002162
Scope note A branch of physical and rehabilitation medicine using the natural factors of balneal resorts for therapeutical purposes to modulate the symptoms of numerous diseases, representing a non‑pharmaceutical therapeutic alternative.
Preferred term Balneotherapy
Termalism - Narrower
Concept UI FD00066548
Scope note A set of activities that involve therapy with medicinal mineral waters applied to a patient during their stay at a spa.
Preferred term Termalism
Crenotherapy - Narrower
Concept UI FD00066668
Scope note A branch of balneotherapy in which mineral waters are used as a therapy consisting of ingestion of mineral water at the source (spring), in the quantities recommended by the medical rehabilitation physician. (Dumitrescu, M., Iliescu, M. G., Mazilu, L., Micu, S. I., Suceveanu, A. P., Voinea, F., Voinea, C., Stoian, A. P., Suceveanu, A."Benefits of crenotherapy in digestive tract pathology (Review)". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 23, no. 2 (2022): 122. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2021.11045)
Preferred term Crenotherapy



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