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therapy definition

thera·py (t̸her′ə pē)

noun pl. therapies -·pies

  1. the treatment of disease or of any physical or mental disorder by medical or physical means, usually excluding surgery: often used in compounds [hydrotherapy]
  2. psychotherapy

Etymology: ModL therapia < Gr therapeia < therapeuein, to nurse, cure

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therapy Synonyms

therapy

n.

therapeutics, remedy, healing, treatment, cure; see also medicine 3.

Types of therapy include: physical, mental, inhalation, occupational, behavior, speech, rehabilitative, child, family, group, drug, massage, electroshock, electroconvulsive, light, radiation, oxygen, heat; chemotherapy, radiotherapy, hydrotherapy, heliotherapy, electrotherapy, psychotherapy.


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therapy Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • undergo: Other scientists have discovered why patients who undergo radiation therapy for brain, head or neck cancer suffer from some mental decline.

Adjective modifier

  • occupational: Demonstrate the ability to select relevant principles from theories to support the practice of Occupational Therapy.

Modifies a noun

  • session: For more information or to enquire about booking a therapy session, please contact me.

Noun used with modifier

  • gene: These gene therapy trials will all be the first of their kind in the UK.
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therapy quotes

Congratulations and bouquets keep pouring in, as if the role of sexuality had been suddenly recognised by His Majesty, the interpretation of dreams confirmed by the Council of Ministers, and the necessity of the psychoanalytic therapy of hysteria carried by a two- thirds majority in Parliament.

-Freud, Sigmund

Writing is a formof therapy; sometimes Iwonder howall these people who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, the melancholia, the panic fear which is inherent in the human situation.

-Greene, (Henry) Graham

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