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Definition of therapy in English:

therapy

nounPlural therapies ˈθɛrəpiˈθɛrəpi
mass noun
  • 1Treatment intended to relieve or heal a disorder.

    a course of antibiotic therapy
    count noun cancer therapies
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They may have tried over-the-counter preparations, dietary exclusions, or alternative therapies.
    • Many of the standard radiation and drug therapies now used to treat cancers can have serious side effects.
    • The holistic therapies might lead medicine back towards the holism of the ancient systems.
    • However, drug therapies that target the dopamine system may be on the horizon.
    • Hormone therapy will bring about physical and perhaps psychogenic changes.
    • Many health and fitness salons provide hair salons, beauty treatments and massage therapies.
    • Many patients receiving these new therapies respond rapidly to them and get a lot of clinical benefit.
    • Prices have gone up a bit, but, as with all holistic therapies, the more you pay the more it's worth.
    • The subject of alternative therapies for cancer stirs quite a debate within the field of oncology.
    • Complementary therapies such as osteopathy and acupuncture are popular.
    • Gene therapies could allow new approaches, or help existing treatments work better.
    • Combining two or more of these therapies has a cumulative effect on pain reduction.
    • Biological therapies help the body's immune system to attack cancer cells.
    • These medical therapies are aimed at reducing the viral load and hence induce early remission.
    • Genomics is promoting a tremendous interest in novel therapies of which gene therapies will be only a minority.
    • Whether in the guise of new drugs or new therapies, technology is costly.
    • The preferable option would be for these therapies to be administered in the patient's home or workplace.
    • He believes more and more people are turning to homeopathy, herbal medicine, and other therapies.
    • Combination therapies usually contain drugs from two of these classes.
    • He adds that in the future this gene may also be used as a specific target for cancer therapies.
    • New targeted therapies are largely responsible for the increased survival rates.
    Synonyms
    treatment, remedy, cure, remedial treatment, method of healing
    1. 1.1 The treatment of mental or psychological disorders by psychological means.
      he is currently in therapy
      as modifier therapy sessions
      Example sentencesExamples
      • You know it was bad enough in therapy having to relive my childhood but this is so much worse.
      • I made the point that psychological research and therapy have two extremely different goals.
      • Low sexual desire is rapidly becoming the most common issue treated in psychosexual therapy.
      • Judy was in therapy for months, before stopping it entirely back in January.
      • Two years ago she told a magazine that her childhood scars drove her to seek therapy.
      • The evidence concerns a kind of psychological therapy known as debriefing.
      • All three films feel like confessionals, or more accurately therapy sessions.
      • He was a devotee of therapy and continued to see his psychoanalyst in the home.
      • If you couldn't hold out the hope of being able to deal with the problem, there would be no point in therapy at all.
      • I've been thinking about therapy so now the possibility or seeing my old psychologist looms.
      • One visit to the local psychotherapist later it's his parents that need the therapy not him.
      • There is also psychotherapy which uses the birth chart as an aid to the therapy process.
      • I may end up in therapy for months and the potential for embarrassment is endless.
      • Relate offers both a diploma and a Masters in couples therapy, as well as a diploma in psychosexual therapy.
      • Arthur sounds like someone who has been in therapy; he sounds, in fact, like my dad.
      • As interested as you no doubt are in my childhood days, this is not a public therapy session.
      • He is also having weekly therapy sessions with a clinical psychiatrist to keep him sane.
      • Mental training can, like therapy, take time to produce the desired effects.
      • She has confessed she has been in therapy because she thinks she's a bad mother.
      • While attending the therapy sessions he noted a slight improvement in his condition.
      Synonyms
      psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, analysis

Origin

Mid 19th century: from modern Latin therapia, from Greek therapeia 'healing', from therapeuein 'minister to, treat medically'.

Rhymes

aromatherapy, chemotherapy, hypnotherapy, physiotherapy, psychotherapy, radiotherapy
 
 

Definition of therapy in US English:

therapy

nounˈθɛrəpiˈTHerəpē
  • 1Treatment intended to relieve or heal a disorder.

    a course of antibiotic therapy
    cancer therapies
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Whether in the guise of new drugs or new therapies, technology is costly.
    • Gene therapies could allow new approaches, or help existing treatments work better.
    • Combining two or more of these therapies has a cumulative effect on pain reduction.
    • He adds that in the future this gene may also be used as a specific target for cancer therapies.
    • The holistic therapies might lead medicine back towards the holism of the ancient systems.
    • Genomics is promoting a tremendous interest in novel therapies of which gene therapies will be only a minority.
    • The subject of alternative therapies for cancer stirs quite a debate within the field of oncology.
    • Complementary therapies such as osteopathy and acupuncture are popular.
    • They may have tried over-the-counter preparations, dietary exclusions, or alternative therapies.
    • Prices have gone up a bit, but, as with all holistic therapies, the more you pay the more it's worth.
    • Many health and fitness salons provide hair salons, beauty treatments and massage therapies.
    • Combination therapies usually contain drugs from two of these classes.
    • The preferable option would be for these therapies to be administered in the patient's home or workplace.
    • He believes more and more people are turning to homeopathy, herbal medicine, and other therapies.
    • However, drug therapies that target the dopamine system may be on the horizon.
    • Biological therapies help the body's immune system to attack cancer cells.
    • These medical therapies are aimed at reducing the viral load and hence induce early remission.
    • Many patients receiving these new therapies respond rapidly to them and get a lot of clinical benefit.
    • Hormone therapy will bring about physical and perhaps psychogenic changes.
    • New targeted therapies are largely responsible for the increased survival rates.
    • Many of the standard radiation and drug therapies now used to treat cancers can have serious side effects.
    Synonyms
    treatment, remedy, cure, remedial treatment, method of healing
    1. 1.1 The treatment of mental or psychological disorders by psychological means.
      he is currently in therapy
      as modifier therapy sessions
      Example sentencesExamples
      • There is also psychotherapy which uses the birth chart as an aid to the therapy process.
      • The evidence concerns a kind of psychological therapy known as debriefing.
      • He is also having weekly therapy sessions with a clinical psychiatrist to keep him sane.
      • You know it was bad enough in therapy having to relive my childhood but this is so much worse.
      • While attending the therapy sessions he noted a slight improvement in his condition.
      • Low sexual desire is rapidly becoming the most common issue treated in psychosexual therapy.
      • Judy was in therapy for months, before stopping it entirely back in January.
      • One visit to the local psychotherapist later it's his parents that need the therapy not him.
      • All three films feel like confessionals, or more accurately therapy sessions.
      • I've been thinking about therapy so now the possibility or seeing my old psychologist looms.
      • Arthur sounds like someone who has been in therapy; he sounds, in fact, like my dad.
      • I may end up in therapy for months and the potential for embarrassment is endless.
      • She has confessed she has been in therapy because she thinks she's a bad mother.
      • I made the point that psychological research and therapy have two extremely different goals.
      • He was a devotee of therapy and continued to see his psychoanalyst in the home.
      • As interested as you no doubt are in my childhood days, this is not a public therapy session.
      • Relate offers both a diploma and a Masters in couples therapy, as well as a diploma in psychosexual therapy.
      • Two years ago she told a magazine that her childhood scars drove her to seek therapy.
      • Mental training can, like therapy, take time to produce the desired effects.
      • If you couldn't hold out the hope of being able to deal with the problem, there would be no point in therapy at all.
      Synonyms
      psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, analysis

Origin

Mid 19th century: from modern Latin therapia, from Greek therapeia ‘healing’, from therapeuein ‘minister to, treat medically’.

 
 
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