Meaning of therapy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis, usually synonymous with treatment.
   countable, uncountable
2. Specifically, psychotherapy.
   countable, uncountable
3. treatment
4. Healing power or quality.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“inclined bed therapy”

“It will be seen that we are introducing to our readers the subject of Kinesitherapy, in common with other therapies, and it is very proper that we should do so.”

“[…] second, its formidable features prompt the average physician at an early period to consult the dermatologist respecting its nature and therapy […]”

“Lahmann's unprecedented success proved beyond doubt the correctness of his teachings and the fallacy of the germ theory of disease, vaccinations and serum therapy.”

“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“Because it is often confused with psychoanalysis, psychodynamics has at times been considered an outdated and outmoded approach to therapy.”

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