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aromatherapy

noun [U]
 
 
/əˌrəʊ.məˈθer.ə.pi/ US  /-ˌroʊ-/

Definition

the treatment of worry or nervousness, or medical conditions that are not serious, by rubbing pleasant-smelling natural oils into the skin or breathing in their smell: aromatherapy massage aromatherapy oilsAlternative and traditional therapies aromatherapeutic
 
 
/əˌrəʊ.mə.θe.rəˈpjuː.tɪk/ US  /əˌroʊ.mə.θe.rəˈpjuː.t̬ɪk/ adjective
Alternative and traditional therapies
aromatherapist
 
 
/-pɪst/ noun [C]
a trained aromatherapistAlternative and traditional therapies
(Definition of aromatherapy noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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