zomotherapy

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζωμός (zōmós, “meat-soup”) +‎ therapy.

Noun

zomotherapy (uncountable)

1. (medicine, historical) A regimen of medical treatment that involves prescribing a diet of raw meat in order to fight a disease.
   • 1902, The Year Book of Drug Therapy, page 145:

     It seems that in the later stages, zomotherapy is dangerous, the muscle plasma is not tolerated, this being probably due to the fact that the liver functions are insufficient, […]