therapy
/ˈθɛɹ.ə.pi/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.52 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis, usually synonymous with treatment.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis, usually synonymous with treatment.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *treb-der.? Ancient Greek θερᾰ́πων (therắpōn) Pre-Greekder.? Proto-Hellenic *-eús 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).
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Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.