therapy
//ˈθɛɹ.ə.pi//
Forms
- Plural
- therapies
Definitions
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- Because it is often confused with psychoanalysis, psychodynamics has at times been considered an outdated and outmoded approach to therapy.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.Healing power or quality.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2303
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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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)