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therapy

[ther-uh-pee]

noun

plural

therapies 
  1. the treatment of disease or disorders, as by some remedial, rehabilitating, or curative process.

    speech therapy.

  2. a curative power or quality.

  3. psychotherapy.

  4. any act, hobby, task, program, etc., that relieves tension.



therapy

/ ˈθɛəɪ /

noun

    1. the treatment of physical, mental, or social disorders or disease

    2. ( in combination )

      physiotherapy

      electrotherapy

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

therapy

  1. Treatment intended to cure or alleviate an illness or injury, whether physical or mental.

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Other Word Forms

  • self-therapy noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of therapy1

1840–50; < New Latin ٳī < Greek ٳí healing (akin to ٳáō attendant)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of therapy1

C19: from New Latin therapia, from Greek therapeia attendance; see therapeutic
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“This program is like therapy. It’s something that helps her, that makes her better.”

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She has been joined in these calls by former prime minister Lord Cameron, and said an earlier diagnosis would have given Ivor access to "crucial" therapies.

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This format—”what I did in therapy today,” more or less—is raw and occasionally repetitive.

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Don’t mind admitting I was in tears reading about Bill Plaschke’s advancing Parkinson’s and the therapy that might slow the “motion-melting nightmare” down.

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A "Trojan horse" therapy that sneaks toxic drugs inside cancer cells is being made available on the NHS in England in a world first.

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