Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis, usually synonymous with treatment.

    inclined bed therapy

    Therapie

    терапи́яterapíja, лече́ниеlečénije

    терапі́яterapíja, лікува́нняlikuvánnja

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

    (countable, uncountable)Specifically, psychotherapy.

  3. (countable, uncountable)Healing power or quality.

More definitions
  • (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.)

Examples

190 sentences
  1. I don't believe in group therapy.

    ruЯ не верю в групповую психотерапию. — marafon

    deVon Gruppentherapie bin ich nicht überzeugt. — Jens_Odo

  2. Tom needs a lot more therapy.

  3. I feel that I need therapy.

  4. Will the therapy cause me any pain?

    deWird die Therapie für mich schmerzhaft sein? — Tamy

  5. Have you spent a lot of time in therapy?

    deHast du viel Zeit in Therapie verbracht? — Jens_Odo

Translations

9 languages
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treatment of disease:

Origin

From New Latin therapīa, from Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía, “service, medical treatme

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).

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Forms

plural: therapies
Singulartherapy
Pluraltherapies

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.):treatment

Word family

13 related words

See also

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