Therapy Definition

thĕrə-pē
therapies
noun
The treatment of disease or of any physical or mental disorder by medical or physical means.
Webster's New World

Psychotherapy.

Webster's New World
Healing power or quality.
The therapy of fresh air and sun.
American Heritage Medicine
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verb
To treat with a therapy.
Wiktionary
(intransitive) To undergo a therapy.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Therapy

Noun

Singular:
therapy
Plural:
therapies

Origin of Therapy

  • From Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeia, “service, medical treatment"), from θεραπεύω (therapeuō, “I serve, treat medically").

    From Wiktionary

  • New Latin therapia from Greek therapeia from therapeuein to treat medically therapeutic

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Therapy Sentence Examples

  • Maybe he needs a little shock therapy to bring him back.

  • The same year, a technique for treating diabetes, insulin therapy, was developed.

  • Nothing rest and therapy can't fix.

  • We'll continue herbal and physical therapy.

  • There was an abrupt discontinuation of therapy.

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Words Starting With

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