Meaning | (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.). |
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Example | "heat therapy gave the best relief" |
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Category | medicine, medical specialty | The branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques |
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Narrower | aromatherapy | The therapeutic use of aromatic plant extracts and essential oils in baths or massage |
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chemotherapy | The use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness) |
correction | treatment of a specific defect |
electrotherapy, galvanism, electric healing, electrical healing | The therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis) |
heliotherapy, insolation | therapeutic exposure to sunlight |
hormone replacement therapy, hormone-replacement therapy, HRT | hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women |
immunotherapy | therapy designed to produce immunity to a disease or to enhance resistance by the immune system |
inflation therapy | therapy in which water or oxygen or a drug is introduced into the respiratory tract with inhaled air |
infrared therapy | The use of infrared radiation (as by infrared lamps or heating pads or hot water bottles) to relieve pain and increase circulation to a particular area of the body |
iontophoresis, ionic medication, iontotherapy, electromotive drug administration, EMDA | therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues |
medication | The act of treating with medicines or remedies |
megavitamin therapy | therapy based on a theory that taking very large doses of vitamins will prevent or cure physical or psychological disorders |
occupational therapy | 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 |
physical therapy, physiotherapy, physiatrics | therapy that uses physical agents |
phytotherapy, herbal therapy, botanical medicine | The use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet / diet) |
psychotherapy | The treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means |
radiotherapy, radiation therapy, radiation, actinotherapy, irradiation | (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance |
refrigeration | deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic purposes |
shock therapy, shock treatment | treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions |
speech therapy | Any therapy intended to correct a disorder of speech |
thermotherapy | The use of heat to treat a disease or disorder |
thrombolytic therapy | therapy consisting of the administration of a pharmacological agent to cause thrombolysis of an abnormal blood clot |
Broader | medical care, medical aid | professional treatment for illness or injury |
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Spanish | cura, terapeutica, terapia, tratamiento |
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Catalan | teràpia, tractament |
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Adjectives | therapeutic, therapeutical | relating to or involved in therapy |
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Nouns | therapist | a person skilled in a particular type of therapy |
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