Therapy

Quick meaning: Therapy is a noun meaning Attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis, usually synonymous with treatment.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. Healing power or quality.
2. (transitive, rare) To treat with a therapy.
3. (intransitive, rare) To undergo a therapy.

Example Sentences

inclined bed therapy

I was therapying her for some gene-based subroutine screwups that prevented easeful sexuality.

Therapy has almost eliminated violence, and people are divided into groups — the "therapied" and the "un-therapied."

There was no cytogenetic damage to the therapied or non-therapied regions in the buccal mucosa cells, as determined cytomorphologically.

Word Forms

• therapies
• therapying
• therapied

Synonyms for therapy

Depending on context, synonyms include treatment.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include psychotherapy, analysis, art, processing, process, processed.

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