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Definition: Phototherapy |
PhototherapyNoun1. The use of strong light to treat acne or hyperbilirubinemia of the newborn. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Treatment of disease by exposure to light, especially by variously concentrated light rays or specific wavelengths. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Phototherapy |
| Specialty definitions using "phototherapy": Color Therapy. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Phototherapy : Nurse with patient, who is lying on table.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Jaundice of newborn infants can be treated with phototherapy. (references) | |
In phototherapy, babies are exposed to special blue lights that break down bile pigments, preventing them from building up and threatening the brain. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Phototherapy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Phototherapy" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 6 | 143,867 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
phototherapy | 57 |
bilirubin phototherapy | 6 |
psoriasis phototherapy | 4 |
hyperbilirubinemia phototherapy | 3 |
light phototherapy | 2 |
lamp phototherapy | 2 |
infant phototherapy | 2 |
jaundice phototherapy | 2 |
phototherapy prematurity retinopathy | 2 |
lumenis phototherapy relume repigmentation system | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "phototherapy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | معالجة ضوئية, معالجة بالضوء. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | фототерапия. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | fototerapie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | lysbehandling (actinotherapy), fototerapi, Finsenbehandling. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | fototherapie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | photothérapie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Phototherapie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φωτοθεραπεία. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fototerápia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | fototerapia (actinotherapy), finsenterapia (actinotherapy), attinoterapia (actinotherapy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 光線療法 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | こうせんりょうほう. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ototherapyphay fototerapia (phototube), fotossíntese (photosynthesis). (various references) fototerapie. (various references) светолечение (light therapy). (various references) fototerapija. (various references) fototerapia (heliotherapy, solar radiation, sun-ray treatment). (various references) fototerapi. (various references) fototerapi, ışık tedavisi. (various references) світлолікування. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "phototherapy" (pronounced 'Pho`to*ther"a*py'): Abdominoscopy, AEolotropy, Aeroscopy, Anthroposcopy, Antitypy, Apanthropy, Aphilanthropy, Astroscopy, Auriscopy, Autotypy, balneotherapy, Bumblepuppy, Cerebroscopy, Chappy, Chirrupy, Choppy, Concupy, Courtepy, Cranioscopy, Cuppy, Cynanthropy, Daguerreotypy, Floppy, fluoroscopy, Fool-happy, Galvanoscopy, gastroscopy, Geloscopy, Geoscopy, Happy, harpy, Hemitropy, Hieroscopy, horoscopy, hydrotherapy, isotropy, Lithotypy, Loppy, lycanthropy, Magnetotherapy, Manoscopy, Metallotherapy, Metoposcopy, microscopy, misanthropy, Mishappy, Myopy, Nauscopy, Nyctalopy, Oneiroscopy. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-h-o-o-p-p-r-t-t-y" | |
-3 letters: prototype. | |
-4 letters: orthoepy, potatory, topotype. | |
-5 letters: atrophy, oophyte, phorate, pottery, prophet, taproot, therapy, throaty. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-h-o-o-p-p-r-t-t-y" | |
+3 letters: phototelegraphy, telephotography. | |
+5 letters: stereophotography. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 68 6F 74 6F 74 68 65 72 61 70 79 |
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