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therapy

noun
/ˈθɛɹ.ə.pi/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *treb-der.? Ancient Greek θερᾰ́πων (therắpōn) Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō) Ancient Greek θεραπεύω (therapeúō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía)bor. New Latin therapīabor. English therapy 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).

  1. derived from θεραπεία
  2. borrowed from therapīa

Definitions

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

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

    • inclined bed therapy
    • It will be seen that we are introducing to our readers the subject of Kinesitherapy, in common with other therapies, and it is very proper that we should do so.
    • […] second, its formidable features prompt the average physician at an early period to consult the dermatologist respecting its nature and therapy […]

  2. Healing power or quality.

  3. To treat with a therapy.

    • As is the case for therapying ectopic ACTH production, very high serum cortisol levels necessitate adrenolytic therapy with o,p'DDD (mitotane), metopirone, or aminogluthetimide.
    • There was no cytogenetic damage to the therapied or non-therapied regions in the buccal mucosa cells, as determined cytomorphologically.
    • I was therapying her for some gene-based subroutine screwups that prevented easeful sexuality.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To undergo a therapy.

      • Therapy has almost eliminated violence, and people are divided into groups — the "therapied" and the "un-therapied."
      • After a few years of talking about musicking, healthing, therapying, and so forth, most of us will have enough, I assume, and will not necessarily be in a new place.

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Derived

purple hat therapy, theragnosis, therapee, therapese, therapism, therapize, therapy animal, therapygenetic, therapygenetics, therapylike, therapy-speak

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at therapy. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at therapy. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at therapy

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA