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Lichtkuren

English translation: Light therapy

09:22 Aug 20, 2001
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary
German term or phrase: Lichtkuren
Die Villa Borgnis, 1845 vom Frankfurter Kaufmann Borgnis erbaut, beherbergte ein Institut für Lichtkuren.
Gillian Searl
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:52
English translation:Light therapy
Explanation:
a therapy used for SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)
for people who get depressed by the long Canadian winters
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Lucien Marcelet
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Summary of answers provided
na +4Light therapy
Lucien Marcelet
nalight cures
mckinnc


  

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3 mins
light cures


Explanation:
A more up-to-date term might be phototherapy

mckinnc
Local time: 06:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 335
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23 mins peer agreement (net): +4
Light therapy


Explanation:
a therapy used for SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)
for people who get depressed by the long Canadian winters


    Reference: http://www.psychiatry.ubc.ca/mood/sad/
Lucien Marcelet
PRO pts in pair: 58

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Trudy Peters
agree  Manfred Mondt: also photherapy as per Colin
18 mins
agree  Roland Grefer
3 hrs
agree  beermatt
3 hrs
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