a. [f. L. balne-um + -AL 1.] Of or pertaining to a (warm) bath, or to bathing.

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c. 1645.  Howell, Lett. (1650), I. 292. Others attribute this balneal heat unto the sun.

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1883.  Athenæum, 22 Sept., 363/1. The balneal usages of the local Romans.

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