English Explanatory Dictionary

therapy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis, usually synonymous with treatment.
  2. Specifically, psychotherapy.
  3. Healing power or quality.
verb
  1. To treat with a therapy.
  2. To undergo a therapy.

Pronunciation

thĕrʹə-pē /ˈθɛɹ.ə.pi/ /ˈθɜɹ.ə.pi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-therapy.wav

Word forms

therapy therapies therapying therapied

Etymology

Etymology tree 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) Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía)bor. New Latin therapīabor. English therapy From New Latin therapīa, from Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía, “service, medical treatment”), from θεραπεύω (therapeúō, “to serve, treat medically”) + -ία (-ía, suffix for forming abstract nouns).

Synonyms

therapy treatment

Related words

therapeutic therapeutical therapist

Derived words

purple hat therapy theragnosis therapee therapese therapism therapize therapy animal therapygenetic therapygenetics therapylike therapy-speak

Translations

Afrikaans: terapie Albanian: terapi Arabic: عِلَاج Arabic: مُعَالَجَة Armenian: բուժում Armenian: թերապիա Asturian: terapia Azerbaijani: terapiya Azerbaijani: müalicə Basque: tratamendu Belarusian: тэрапі́я Belarusian: лячэ́нне Bulgarian: терапи́я Bulgarian: лече́ние Catalan: teràpia Chinese Mandarin: 療法 /疗法 Czech: léčba Czech: terapie Danish: terapi Danish: behandling Dutch: therapie Esperanto: terapio Estonian: ravi Estonian: teraapia Finnish: hoito Finnish: terapia French: thérapie Georgian: თერაპია German: Therapie Greek: θεραπεία Hebrew: טיפול \ טִפּוּל Hebrew: תרפיה Hindi: चिकित्सा Hindi: इलाज Hungarian: terápia Ido: terapio Indonesian: terapi Italian: terapia Japanese: 療法 Japanese: 治療 Japanese: 治癒 Kazakh: терапия Korean: 요법 Korean: 료법 Korean: 치료 Kyrgyz: терапия Latin: therapīa Latvian: terapija Lithuanian: terapija Macedonian: терапија Māori: haumanu Mongolian: эмчилгээ Norwegian Bokmål: terapi Norwegian Nynorsk: terapi Persian: درمان Persian: علاج
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