gelotherapy

gelotherapy

An obsolete term for a form of laughter therapy.

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gelotherapy

(jĕl″ō-thĕr′ă-pē) [Gr. gelos, laughter, + therapeia, treatment]

A method used to treat certain forms of mental illness by inducing laughter.

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