therapy

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ther=a=py

CIDE DICTIONARY

therapy, n. [Gr. .].

 Therapeutics.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

therapy, n. (pl. -ies)
1 the treatment of physical or mental disorders, other than by surgery.
2 a particular type of such treatment.

Derivative

therapist n.

Etymology

mod.L therapia f. Gk therapeia healing

THESAURUS

therapy

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