Complete Definition of "therapy"

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Etymology
From Ancient Greek θε�α�εία (therapeia) "attendance, treatment, healing, service", from θε�α�ε�� (therapeuo) "to attend, to treat, to heal, to cure, to serve".

Pronunciation
enPR|th�rʹ�-p�

Noun
en-noun|therapies

  1. Treatment of disease or disability, physical or mental.
  2. Healing power or quality.

Derived terms
therapeutic
physiotherapy
psychotherapy

Translations
trans-top|treatment of disease
Czech: lé�ba f, terapie f
Danish: terapi, behandling,
Finnish: hoito, terapia,
French: thérapie
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Italian: terapia
Greek: θε�α�εία (therapeia)
Swedish: terapi c
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trans-top|healing power
Finnish: hoito, hoitava vaikutus
trans-mid
Greek: θε�α�εία (therapeia)
trans-bottom

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Category:Medical
Category:Scripps winning words

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