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ther·a·py    Audio Help   [ther-uh-pee] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -pies.
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.

[Origin: 1840–50; < NL therapīa < Gk therapeía healing (akin to therápōn attendant)]
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ther·a·py    Audio Help   (thěr'ə-pē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. ther·a·pies
  1. Treatment of illness or disability.
  2. Psychotherapy.
  3. Healing power or quality: the therapy of fresh air and sun.


[New Latin therapia, from Greek therapeia, from therapeuein, to treat medically; see therapeutic.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
therapy 
1846, "medical treatment of disease," from Mod.L. therapia, from Gk. therapeia "curing, healing," from therapeuein "to cure, treat." Therapist formed 1886; earlier therapeutist (1816), especially of psychotherapy practitioners from c.1930s.

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therapy

noun
(medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.); "the quarterback is undergoing treatment for a knee injury"; "he tried every treatment the doctors suggested"; "heat therapy gave the best relief" 

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therapy [ˈθerəpi] noun
the (methods of) treatment of disease, disorders of the body etc
Example: speech therapy; physiotherapy
Arabic: عِلاج
Chinese (Simplified): 治疗
Chinese (Traditional): 治療
Czech: terapie
Danish: terapi; -terapi
Dutch: therapie
Estonian: teraapia
Finnish: terapia
French: traitement
German: die Therapie
Greek: θεραπεία
Hungarian: terápia, gyógymód
Icelandic: meðferð, lækning
Indonesian: terapi
Italian: terapia
Japanese: 治療
Korean: 치료(요법)
Latvian: terapija
Lithuanian: terapija, gydymas
Norwegian: terapi
Polish: terapia
Portuguese (Brazil): terapia
Portuguese (Portugal): terapia
Romanian: terapie
Russian: терапия
Slovak: terapia
Slovenian: zdravljenje
Spanish: terapia
Swedish: terapi
Turkish: tedavi, terapi
See also: therapeutic

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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
therapy

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


[Chapter:] Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology


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ther·a·py (thr-p)
n.

  1. The treatment of illness or disability.
  2. Psychotherapy.
  3. A healing power or quality.

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Main Entry: ther·a·py
Pronunciation: 'ther-&-pE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -pies
: therapeutic treatment: as a : remedial treatment of mental or bodily disorder —see ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY, PHYSICAL THERAPY, PSYCHOTHERAPY, RESPIRATORY THERAPY, SPEECH THERAPY b : an agency (as treatment) designed or serving to bring about rehabilitation or social adjustment —see OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

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Therapy

Ther"a*py\, n. [Gr. ?.] Therapeutics.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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