Definitions
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- noun The use of
living animals formedical treatment or as anadjunct to medicaldiagnosis .
Etymologies
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zoo- + therapy
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Examples
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Due to its long history, zootherapy has in fact become an integral part of folk medicine both in rural and urban areas of the country.
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The number of medicinal species catalogued was quite expressive and demonstrate the importance of zootherapy as alternative therapeutic in Northeast of Brazil.
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