climatology, medical

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climatology, medical

(kli?ma-tol'o-je) [Gr. klima, sloping surface of the earth, + logos, word, reason]
The branch of meteorology that includes the study of climate and its relationship to disease.
See: bioclimatology
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It offered "valuable treatment" for everything from adenoids to anaemia, according to the Medical Climatology of England and Wales by Dr Edgar Hawkins.
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The 1923 book The Medical Climatology Of England And Wales by Dr Edgar Hawkins hints that visits to the resorts would do the trick.
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