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therapy

31 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. therapy (noun)
  2. aerosol therapy (noun)
  3. aversion therapy (noun)
  4. chelation therapy (noun)
  5. cognitive therapy (noun)
  6. collapse therapy (noun)
  7. craniosacral therapy (noun)
  8. electroconvulsive therapy (noun)
  9. electroshock therapy (noun)
  10. estrogen replacement therapy (noun)
  11. gene therapy (noun)
  12. gold therapy (noun)
  13. group therapy (noun)
  14. hormone replacement therapy (noun)
  15. light therapy (noun)
  16. occupational therapy (noun)
  17. physical therapy (noun)
  18. play therapy (noun)
  19. polarity therapy (noun)
  20. primal scream therapy (noun)
  21. protein therapy (noun)
  22. radiation therapy (noun)
  23. radium therapy (noun)
  24. release therapy (noun)
  25. replacement therapy (noun)
  26. shock therapy (noun)
  27. spray therapy (noun)
  28. talk therapy (noun)
  29. X-ray therapy (noun)
  30. activity group psychotherapy (noun)

ther·a·py

noun \ˈther-ə-pē\
plural ther·a·pies

Definition of THERAPY

: therapeutic treatment especially of bodily, mental, or behavioral disorder
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Examples of THERAPY

  1. He is undergoing cancer therapy.
  2. <talking over my problem with you has been good therapy>

Origin of THERAPY

New Latin therapia, from Greek therapeia, from therapeuein
First Known Use: circa 1846

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