dipsopathy

dipsopathy

(dɪpˈsɒpəθɪ)

[f. Gr. διψο-, δίψα thirst + πάθεια, f. πάθος suffering (taken after homœopathy, hydropathy, etc., in sense ‘method of cure’).]

The treatment of disease by abstinence from liquids.

in Syd. Soc. Lex.