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