English > therapy: 1 sense > noun 1, act| 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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