therapy (noun)

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• therapy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ alternative, complementary ▪ occupational, physical (AmE) (physiotherapy in BrE) ▪ drug, gene, hormone …   Collocations dictionary

• therapy — ► NOUN (pl. therapies) 1) treatment intended to relieve or heal a disorder. 2) the treatment of mental or psychological disorders by psychological means. DERIVATIVES therapist noun. ORIGIN Greek therapeia healing , from therapeuein minister to,… …   English terms dictionary

• therapy — noun (C, U) 1 the treatment of an illness or injury over a fairly long period of time, especially without using drugs or operations 2 the treatment or examination of someone s mental problems by talking to them for a long time about their… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• therapy — noun (plural therapies) treatment intended to relieve or heal a disorder. ↘the treatment of mental or psychological disorders by psychological means: he is currently in therapy. Derivatives therapist noun Origin C19: from mod. L. therapia, from… …   English new terms dictionary

• therapy — noun 1) a wide range of complementary therapies Syn: treatment, remedy, cure 2) he s currently in therapy Syn: psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, analysis, counseling …   Thesaurus of popular words

• therapy — noun 1) complementary therapies Syn: treatment, remedy, cure 2) he s currently in therapy Syn: psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, counselling …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• therapy — noun (plural pies) Etymology: New Latin therapia, from Greek therapeia, from therapeuein Date: circa 1846 therapeutic treatment especially of bodily, mental, or behavioral disorder …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• therapy — noun /ˈθɛ.ɹə.pi/ a) Treatment of disease or disability, physical or mental. b) Healing power or quality. See Also: therapeutic, therapeutical, therapist …   Wiktionary

• speech therapy — noun any therapy intended to correct a disorder of speech • Derivationally related forms: ↑speech therapist • Hypernyms: ↑therapy * * * noun [noncount] : treatment or therapy to help people who have speech problems learn to pronounce words… …   Useful english dictionary

• occupational therapy — noun therapy based on engagement in meaningful activities of daily life, especially to enable or encourage participation in such activities in spite of impairments or limitations in physical or mental functions • Hypernyms: ↑therapy * * * noun… …   Useful english dictionary

• primal scream therapy — noun or primal therapy : psychotherapy in which the patient recalls and reenacts a particularly disturbing past experience usually occurring early in life and expresses normally repressed anger or frustration especially through spontaneous and… …   Useful english dictionary