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therapy

  • noun
  • thĕrʹə-pē

Attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis, usually synonymous with treatment.

Example

“inclined bed therapy”

Other meanings

  1. Specifically, .

  2. en Healing power or quality.

Example sentences

  • “I have therapy today.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Ancient Greek "θεραπεία" (service, medical treatment).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “therapy” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.