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therapy

//ˈθɛɹ.ə.pi//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Note for therapy

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Forms

Plural
therapies

Definitions

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

    • As a methodology, it provides a useful framework for evaluating the outcomes of therapy.
    • The existential approach to therapy is philosophical, involving exploration of what it means to be alive.
    • Because it is often confused with psychoanalysis, psychodynamics has at times been considered an outdated and outmoded approach to therapy.
  2. 2.Healing power or quality.

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #2303

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Uncommon
Academic
Rare
Literature
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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *treb-der.?

Ancient Greek θερᾰ́πων (therắpōn)

Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús)

Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō)

Ancient Greek θεραπεύω (therapeúō)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)

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