therapy

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noun ther·a·py \ ˈther-ə-pē \

Definition of therapy

plural therapies

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

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Examples of therapy in a Sentence

He is undergoing cancer therapy.
talking over my problem with you has been good therapy

Recent Examples of therapy from the Web

Since 2012, FDA has designated close to 200 drugs as breakthrough therapies, a status that indicates there’s preliminary evidence that an intervention offers a substantial improvement over other options for a serious health condition.

— kai kupferschmidt, Science | AAAS, "All clear for the decisive trial of ecstasy in PTSD patients," 27 Aug. 2017
A full-service operation based in South L.A., the program provides sober housing, therapy, financial-literacy classes, and help with employment and education.

— julia herbst, Los Angeles Magazine, "11 Women Who Are Making L.A. a Better Place," 17 Aug. 2017
With the share of low-skill workers becoming smaller, many sorts of employment would start to pay better: home care, security work, massage therapy, dishwashing, gardening, housekeeping, cleaning, construction, gardening, manufacturing.

— t.a. frank, The Hive, "The Democratic Case for Restricting Immigration," 9 Aug. 2017
Our cell therapy treatment and regenerative medicine in general works by secreting proteins supporting the healing process.

— sergio carmona, Jewish Journal, "Americans For a Safe Israel sponsors Israeli speaker events in Miami Beach," 3 Aug. 2017
Try Through A Dog’s Ear, soothing music therapy for dogs.

— patty khuly, miamiherald, "Tips for keeping your dog calm during a storm," 27 July 2017
Merciful Minis is a local volunteer organization that trains miniature horses to be therapy animals.

— Daily Southtown, "Community news," 26 July 2017
Molly, on the other hand, is making a mildly sincere attempt to move past her tendency to treat men as trophies rather than individual people by putting a pause on her dating life and focusing on taking therapy seriously.

— cate young, Cosmopolitan, "Insecure Returns With Issa Missing Lawrence and Molly Going to Therapy," 24 July 2017
But friends say that talking to reporters is almost a form of therapy for him.

— mark landler and maggie haberman, New York Times, "Dropping the Bluster, Trump Revives Banter With Reporters," 14 July 2017

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