THERAPY

therapy

(noun) (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.); “the quarterback is undergoing treatment for a knee injury”; “he tried every treatment the doctors suggested”; “heat therapy gave the best relief”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

therapy (countable and uncountable, plural therapies)

Attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis, usually synonymous with treatment.

Specifically, psychotherapy.

Healing power or quality.

Hyponyms

• adjuvant therapy

• antitherapy

• apitherapy

• art therapy

• autotherapy

• autohemotherapy

• brachytherapy

• chemotherapy

• cobalt therapy

• conversion therapy

• couples therapy

• cryotherapy

• ecotherapy

• electroconvulsive therapy

• electrotherapy

• family therapy

• gene therapy

• gerontotherapy

• gestalt therapy

• heliotherapy

• hypnotherapy

• immunotherapy

• logotherapy

• magnotherapy

• monotherapy

• multidrug therapy

• music therapy

• neoadjuvant therapy

• oligotherapy

• oxygen therapy

• ozone therapy

• pedotherapy

• pharmacotherapy

• phototherapy

• physical therapy

• physiotherapy

• primal therapy

• psychotherapy

• radiotherapy

• radiation therapy

• reparative therapy

• retail therapy

• running therapy

• serotherapy

• shock therapy

• systemic therapy

• teletherapy

• theotherapy

• thought field therapy

• timeline therapy

• vinotherapy

• xylotherapy

• See also therapy

Verb

therapy (third-person singular simple present therapies, present participle therapying, simple past and past participle therapied)

(transitive, rare) To treat with a therapy.

(intransitive, rare) To undergo a therapy.

Anagrams

• prayeth

Source: Wiktionary


Ther"a*py, n. Etym: [Gr.

Definition: Therapeutics.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

1 April 2025

ANYMORE

(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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