Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. Attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis, usually synonymous with treatment.
2. Healing power or quality.
3. (transitive, rare) To treat with a therapy.
4. (intransitive, rare) To undergo a therapy.

Example Sentences

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 […]

Lahmann's unprecedented success proved beyond doubt the correctness of his teachings and the fallacy of the germ theory of disease, vaccinations and serum 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.

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

Word Forms

• therapies
• therapying
• therapied

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