therapy
/ˈθɛɹ.ə.pi/ noun, verb
Forms therapies therapying therapied
- noun Attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis, usually synonymous with treatment. “inclined bed therapy”
- noun Specifically, psychotherapy.
- noun Healing power or quality.
- verb (transitive, rare) To treat with a therapy.
- verb (intransitive, rare) To undergo a therapy.
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Etymology
From New Latin therapīa, from Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía, “service, medical treatment”), from θεραπεύω (therapeúō, “to serve, treat medically”) + -ία (-ía, suffix for forming abstract nouns).
Webster’s 1913
- noun Therapeutics.
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “therapy”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details