Med. ? Obs. [ad. L. arēnātiōn-em a sanding: cf. F. arénation.] Application of hot sand to the body as a remedy.
1717. Berkeley, in Fraser, Life (1871), 587. Arenation is good against leprosy.
1751. Chambers, Cycl., Arenation … a kind of dry bath, in which the patient only sits with his feet on hot sand.
